Overview of the top menu
- 1.1 Using the application
- 1.1.1 Application Installation
- 1.1.2 Application Updating
- 1.1.3 Application Launching
- 1.1.4 Interface Overview
- 1.1.5 Overview of the upper panel
- 1.1.6 Overview of the top menu
The top panel contains a toolbox, which can be used to create/edit properties of projects/questionnaires.
The File menu allows to:
- create a new project (NEW PREOJECT
)
- open a new editor instance which allows two questionnaires to be edited concurrently (NEW WINDOW)
- load a previously created project from a file (OPEN A PROJECT
)
- open a recent file (RECENTLY OPEN)
- save modifications to the file (SAVE
CTRL+S )
- save modifications to a new file (SAVE AS..)
- save the opened questionnaire as a template (SAVE AS A TEMPLATE)
- close opened questionnaire (CLOSE)
- edit project properties (PROJECT PROPERTIES)
- print the project structure (PRINT)
- update version of the software from a selected server (UPDATE VERSION)
- change language of the application (LANGUAGE)
- logout from the server (LOGOUT)
- exit the application (EXIT)
The Edit, menu contains editing functions, allowing the user to:
- undo editing changes made on the screen (UNDO
CTRL+Z )
- redo editing changes (REDO
CTRL+Y )
- delete the current screen or a selected control (DEL
)
- insert a new screen (INSERT)
- select all elements (SELECT ALL - CTRL+A) e.g. whole text in a label, all controls on the screen, all screens
- cut an item to the clipboard (CUT
CTRL+X ), copy an item to the clipboard (COPY
CTRL+C ) and paste the clipboard content (PASTE
CTRL+V ) and paste formatted text (CTRL+SHIFT+V)
- finding (FIND - CTRL+F) any text and optionally replacing any text with another
- navigate between found elements(FIND NEXT - F3) and find previous (FIND PREVIOUS - CTRL+F3)
The Tools, menu contains elements, which allow the user to:
- importing a questionnaire from the server (DOWNLOAD A FILE FROM THE SERVER
) and exporting a questionnaire onto the server (UPLOAD THE PROJECT TO THE SERVER
)
- launching the style management module, which allows editing of default parameters of objects positioned on the screen being designed (STYLE EDIT)
- component properties modification allowing bulk modification of selected project elements appearance settings
- launching the whole script window (WHOLE SCRIPT EDIT ALT+I), allowing reviewing and validating its correctness
- ability to edit the whole questionnaire in the form of a single file e.g. batch edit mode (BATCH EDIT)
- opening the script window (SCRIPT EDIT - ALT+S) for the active question
- launching the script generation module: MaxDiff, CBC, BTPO basing on a plan or PAPI Import
- questionnaire export to an Android or Java Mobile mobile device
- launching the questionnaire debugger module (DEBBUGER)
- editing and creating quotas
- editing of the end page displayed to respondents after the end of the survey, in case of a CAWI questionnaire
The Navigation, menu contains items, which allow the user to:
- move, back (PREVIOUS
CTRL+UP ) and forward (NEXT
CTRL+DOWN ), between created questionnaire screens
- removing selected answers from the application memory (CLEAR ANSWERS - F5)
- previewing the prepared questionnaire in the IE browser window (PREVIEW - F9)
- launching the questionnaire for entered respondent address data
The Windows menu, contains elements allowing the user to:
- arranging open windows horizontally or vertically (ARANGE WINDOWS HORIZONTALLY ALT+H/VERTICALLY ALT+V)
- closing all open windows (CLOSE ALL)
- switching between selected windows (open windows list)
The Help menu contains information about the application, operating instructions and scripting language documentation.