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The Design Manager Vision Window provides "at-a-glance" information regarding the scheduling and accounting and design status of the company along with access to tutorials and other informative links regarding Design Manager.
Using the Design Manager Vision Window The Design Manager Vision Window is customizable to your preferences. By default, the window will return to pane if you open or select another window within Design Manager. However, you can "pin"
The Design Manager Vision Window will always remember which tab - either the Today or Show Me How - you were last viewing when reloading the window. Further, on the Today tab, the last pane - Accounting Summary, Design Summary, and Tasks & Appointments - will attempt to be displayed on reloading the window, but if new information has been entered that affects one of the panes, it may be refreshed entirely.
The Design Manager Vision panel is divided into two tabs - Today and Show Me How.
The Today tab provides "live-content" information regarding the company's current accounting and design status along with your Tasks and Appointments with three separate panes: Accounting Summary, Design Summary, and Task & Appointments. Click on the pane heading to display the information within the desired pane.
The Accounting Summary pane is subdivided into branches. Click on the plus sign ("+") to expand a branch.
The Accounting Summary branches are as follows:
The Design Summary pane is subdivided into discrete branches. Click on the plus sign ("+") to expand a branch.
The Design Summary branches are as follows:
The Tasks & Appointments pane provides a convenient interface to review all of your daily Task and Appointments and monitor Tasks and Appointments scheduled over the coming weeks or months.
The current day's Tasks & Appointments will always be listed beneath the Tasks & Appointments Calendar upon clicking the Tasks & Appointments pane. These entries will be indicated with an orange frame. Future Tasks & Appointments will be indicated by a blue frame and will be displayed beneath today's entries in order of forthcoming Start Date for Appointments and Due Date for Tasks. Up to nine total entries can be displayed. You can double-click any entry to edit the Task or Appointment through the To Do List Tasks and Appointments Window. Clicking the "View more" link will display the To Do List Tasks and Appointments Window so you can review all your upcoming entries.
The Tasks & Appointments Calendar is a dynamic tool itself. Though the current date is always selected upon entering the Design Manager Vision Window, you can select any date on the Tasks & Appointments Calendar to review future Appointments and Tasks that are not yet Completed. Any date with Appointment and "open" Task will be indicated in bold. You can review previous and future months by clicking the arrows to the left and right of the Tasks & Appointments Calendar, respectively. Further, by stretching the Design Manager Vision Window, additional months will be displayed.
The Show Me How tab contains a menu of tutorials and other informative links to enhance your Design Manager experience.
The tutorials will be classified under general topic headings including:
For a listing of all available Design Manager tutorials, click the "More..." link.
To view a tutorial, simply click the title which will launch the tutorial from Design Manager's Knowledgebase website. Note: An active Internet connection will be necessary to view the tutorial!
Tutorials may be created or revised and additional content added so check the Show Me How periodically for any new information! |