Building Systems Design Inc When users open an existing project for the first time after installing the latest release of BSD SpecLink they will see a new dialog box Instead of the familiar three choices that included the option not to update the new Updating Options dialog has been simplified and now offers two possibilities In response to the query Do you want to update your project now users may choose either Yes or No Selecting Yes activates a sub o
Building Systems Design Inc this development effort They also discuss the new user interface new installation and updating technologies and E s connected and disconnected operation in a network environment The most recent article describes BSD s approach to achieving meaningful interoperability between CAD cost and specifica tions applications This is the fourth article in a series describ ing the functionality expected to be included in BSD s fo
Building Systems Design Inc a eee PER In SpecLink and PerSpective individual documents can now be checked out Check out temporarily suspends the linking between documents greatly increasing the speed of editing operations When the pro ject is stored on a server the checked out chapter or section is temporarily copied to your local drive which also improves editing speed For multi user situations a related new fea ture marks c
Q User Manual s4 Building Systems Design Inc Acknowledgements BSD SpecLink Software 2014 Building Systems Design Inc BSD SoftLink and BSD SpecLink are registered trademarks of Building Systems Design Inc BSD MasterFormat SectionFormat and PageFormat are trademarks of The Construction Specifications Institute CSI Individual sections in the BSD SpecLink database are copyrighted by Building Systems Design Inc and other entities as marked
24 BSD Building Systems Design Inc The Wizard is Here The latest version of BSD SpecLink includes wizard capability What is it Basically it s a new feature that allows you to insert non printing and non selectable text What good is it Well Wizard capability allows you to add a checklist at the beginning of any SpecLink section with links to the body of the spec Non printing checklist paragraphs mean that you can easily add intelligence to your office ma
Building Systems Design Inc The Summer 2003 BSD SoftLink CD ROM enables importing of a complete new section into SpecLink or a new chapter into PerSpective from word processing com plete with preformatted notes and embedded choices if desired Although users have long been able to import text into an existing SpecLink section or a PerSpective chapter the newest releases of both prod ucts provide a much more robust capability that does not require the initial es
Building Systems Design Inc SpecLink and PerSpective Continue Software Improvements Users will see additional speed improvements in the latest versions of SpecLink and PerSpective Many functions such as promote demote copy paste and import from clipboard have been rewritten to eliminate the need for reloading the entire document thus speeding up the editing process There is a new option for establishing a default folder for projects To change the
Building Systems Design Inc This is the second in a series of articles that discusses BSD s new generation of the SpecLink system If you missed the first article it s in the Summer 2006 edition of LinkLine that can be found at linkLine_archives htm Referred to as SpecLink E or E for short it is new software from the ground up designed to support an Internet based information system continually supplying you with the most up to date data E is packaged a
BSD SpecLink Evaluation Notes x BSD ae speclink Welcome Welcome to a new and better way of managing specifications production for all phases of a building construction project BSD SpecLink is an innovative system for preparing and managing all types of specification documents for buildings Originally developed for the preparation of construction documents it now incorporates modules from the PerSpective product which allow preparation of specification do
Building Systems Design Inc For the last couple of quarters we have been reviewing SpecLink E just E for short BSD s next generation SpecLink software After more than 10 years developing fielding and supporting the SpecLink system we have many reasons for develop ing anew platform from the ground up If you haven t read the LinkLine issues of the past two quarters you might want to visit linkLine_archives htm to read the Summer and Fall Next Gene
Chapter 8 Printing In this chapter you learn how to e establish a document format e use the Customize Styles dialog box to e select a numbering scheme and e modify default formats including fonts lines numbering and indentation e use the Page Setup dialog box to set margins orientation and paper source e create headers and footers including fonts and keywords e preview documents e print documents including e specifications single section entire bran
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