Interface – Where things are located
Table of Contents
1.0
ProjectWise Explorer Interface
2.0
Toolbars
1.0
ProjectWise Explorer Interface
The ProjectWise Explorer interface looks and feels like Windows Explorer. Users work with a
folder tree in the left pane and documents on the right pane. Most of the Windows commands
work the same in ProjectWise Explorer; such as Control-C for copy, Control-V for paste, etc.
There are three main areas to the interface:
1. Datasource Pane
2. Documents Pane an
3. Properties Pane.
Datasource
Pane
The Datasource Pane is located on the left hand side of the
ProjectWise Explorer window. This is the area that will list all the
Datasources found on the network. Once you are logged into a
Datasource, the Datasource will open displaying available
projects and folders. A datasource is a collection of projects.
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Document
Pane
The Document Pane is located to the right as indicated above and
will display all subfolders and documents for the folder selected
in the Datasource Pane. The Document Pane is the main part of
ProjectWise Explorer as most functions involving accessing
documents happen inside here.
Preview Pane
The Preview Pane is located below the Documents Pane as
indicated above and can be turned on/off from View > Preview
Pane. There are tabs located above the Preview Pane; Document
Properties, Project Properties, Folder Properties, Photo Preview
and Access Control.
Document Properties tab – When a file is selected in the
Document Pane, information is displayed in the Preview Pane
under the Document Properties tab showing the property details
of the selected document.
Project Properties tab – Within the Project Properties tab you
can view the properties of the project the document is located in.
Folder Properties tab – The Folder Properties tab has information
about the environment, location, ownership along with additional
folder-specific attributes.
Photo Preview tab – Selecting the Photo Preview tab will display
a preview of many image file formats. Additionally, if the feature
has been setup on your workstation, then the Photo Preview will
also display in Read Only mode Word Documents, Excel Files, and
Adobe Acrobat files.
Access Control tab – The Access Control tab is a user privileges
control console for use by Project Administrators. If you have
sufficient privileges, you will be able to control who has access to
folders and files within ProjectWise, otherwise you will have view
only access to this tab.
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An often unnoticed but useful tool that is overlooked
in the Preview Pane is the View control. AECOM has
several standard Views that are delivered with each
project. By changing the View you change the
property information listed in the Preview Pane. As an
example if you select the Email view your Preview
Pane will change to a View similar to Windows Outlook.
2.0
Toolbars
The following describes the available ProjectWise toolbars. Each toolbar can be moved
to any position but are only dockable to the top of the window. All toolbars are
accessible from the menu under View > Toolbar.
Navigation Toolbar
Navigate back to a previously
selected folder, project or
Datasource.
Navigate forward, to get back to
the folder, project or Datasource
you were in before you clicked
Navigate back.
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Navigate up one level, to the
parent item of the selected item.
Standard Toolbar
Create new Document
(Document > New > Document)
Open Document
(Document > Open)
Document Properties
(Document > Properties)
Local Document Organizer
(Tools > Local Document Oranizer)
Thumbnails
(View > Thumbnails)
Large Icons
(View > Large Icons)
Small Icons
(View > Small Icons)
List
(View > List)
Details
(View > Details)
Help
(Help > Contents)
Interface Toolbar
The Interface toolbar is used to
select the active interface, which
determines which environment
attributes display on the
Attributes and More Attributes
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tabs of the Document Properties
dialog.
View Toolbar
The View toolbar is used to set the
active view, which controls what
columns display in the document
list when a document is selected.
Search Toolbar
The Search toolbar consolidates
the new (Quick Search) and
existing (Advanced Search) tools
into one location in ProjectWise
Explorer.
Address Toolbar
The Address toolbar lets you know
where you are in the Datasource
by displaying the full folder path
to and including the selected
folder or document. You can send
addresses as a link in an email,
embed them in Microsoft Office
documents, include them in
messaging agents, and use them
to setup desktop shortcuts or
launch ProjectWise Explorer.
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