User`s manual

NetDoc™ User’s Manual 1-17 Rev B
Using the Application Tools
Multi-View / Multi-Task
NetDoc™ allows multi-viewing and multi-tasking while navigating throughout the application.
You can open detail views of multiple items for use during your working session.
Pop-up windows are an essential part of NetDoc™ and enhance your working capability. You
can minimize any pop-up window for later use and continue working. You can then restore the
pop-up window without having to return to where the screen was originally opened.
Example: Go to the Main Page and click Report Creator. Minimize the creator screen
and launch the application to continue working. Later, when you need
another report, restore the creator screen and create the new report
without going back to the Main Page.
To open multiple views:
1. In the List View pane, click the button to the far left of the item you want to view. A popup
window displays the Detail area for the selected item.
2. Size and/or move the pop-up window as desired.
3. Open another item for side-by-side comparisons, as needed.
Note: You are not limited to the same area. For example, you can open a piece of
hardware, minimize that screen and then open a backbone cable. You can then size both
windows for comparison viewing.
Window Sizing
The sections of the workspace in the normal application view can be resized as desired. The
Workspace screen is divided into four areas: the Navigation Tree, the Location Info area, the
List area, and the Detail area.
To resize workspace areas:
Note: Workspace areas can be resized repeatedly and manipulated according to user
need.
1. On the NetDoc™ Main Page, click Launch Application.
2. To use the grab-and-drag capability, place the mouse pointer over any of the dividing lines
between the areas until the mouse changes to .
3. Hold down the left-mouse button and drag the line until the area is the size you want.
Note: Many users want to view several items in the spreadsheet view. To do this, grab the
dividing line between the List and Detail areas and drag it down to increase the number of
items shown in the spreadsheet view.