Overview: mTAB User Interface - Revision history

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 *Support - includes the helpdesk and FAQ
-*Manage Resources
+*Manage Resources - for administrative personnel only
 *Tools – includes change password and notification preferences
-*Admin
+*Admin - for administrative personnel only
 Which of the sub-menu items are available when an item is selected depend on the user’s access level.

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-'''Portal'''
+<span style="font-size:130%">'''Portal'''</span>
 The mTAB home page is the screen every user sees when they first log into mTAB. This page is their access point to all aspects of the mTAB system. [[File:Other mTAB-User Interface home.jpg|thumb|center|x450px]]
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-'''Application'''
+<span style="font-size:130%">'''Application'''</span>
 Over the course of it's existence, mTAB has not only grown in terms of it's functionality, but also in the presentation of it's User Interface. In the last few years alone, great focus has been given to continually improving mTAB's visual appeal, perfecting the placement of popular functions and generally enhancing the overall user experience.

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	'''Application'''		'''Application'''
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	Over the course of it's existence, mTAB has not only grown in terms of it's functionality, but also in the presentation of it's User Interface. In the last few years alone, great focus has been given to continually improving mTAB's visual appeal, perfecting the placement of popular functions and generally enhancing the overall user experience.		Over the course of it's existence, mTAB has not only grown in terms of it's functionality, but also in the presentation of it's User Interface. In the last few years alone, great focus has been given to continually improving mTAB's visual appeal, perfecting the placement of popular functions and generally enhancing the overall user experience.

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 '''Portal'''
-The mTAB home page is the screen every user sees when they first log in to mTAB. This page is their access point to all aspects of the mTAB system. [[File:Other mTAB-User Interface home.jpg|thumb|center|x450px]]
+The mTAB home page is the screen every user sees when they first log into mTAB. This page is their access point to all aspects of the mTAB system. [[File:Other mTAB-User Interface home.jpg|thumb|center|x450px]]
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 *Launch mTAB - will open the mTAB application
-*Support-includes the helpdesk and FAQ
+*Support - includes the helpdesk and FAQ
 *Manage Resources
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 *Admin
-Which sub-menu items are available when an item is selected will depend on the user’s access level.
+Which of the sub-menu items are available when an item is selected depend on the user’s access level.
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 [[File:Other overview-mTAB-user-interface application-progression.jpg|thumb|center|x400px]]
-The most recent enhancement, comes with the addition of the Ribbon Menu concept to the mTAB environment. Ribbons allow for a more organized approach to functional placement and are of course, more visually appealing.  The main Question View ribbon (seen below) houses all of the most commonly used functions, such as saving tabs, subsetting, formatting or recoding questions, along with the ability to actually run the tab. [[File:Other overview-mTAB-uesr-interface question-ribbon.jpg|thumb|center|x300px]]
+The most recent enhancement is the addition of the Ribbon Menu concept to the mTAB environment. Ribbons allow for a more organized approach to functional placement and are, of course, more visually appealing.  The main Question View ribbon (seen below) houses all of the most commonly used functions, such as saving tabs, subsetting, formatting or recoding questions, and the ability to actually run tabs.
 [[File:Other overview-mTAB-user-interface run.jpg|thumb|right|x150px]]
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-If the current tab contains both verbatim and coded questions, then the Run Tab and Run Verbatim options are available in the question, spreadsheet and verbatim views and it is now possible to move directly from the verbatim view to the spreadsheet view and vice-versa.
+If the current tab contains both verbatim and coded questions, then the Run Tab and Run Verbatim options are available in the question, spreadsheet and verbatim views. It is now possible to move directly from the verbatim view to the spreadsheet view and vice-versa.
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-The Open option keeps track of your recently used tabs and as you hover over the Open item, lists them in the gray box to the right, allowing quick and easy access to commonly used items.
+The Open option keeps track of your recently used tabs and, as you hover over the Open item, lists them in the gray box to the right to provide quick and easy access to commonly used items.
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-This is the quick launch panel and it remains in view no matter where in the mTAB system you may navigate. This is a huge benefit, as no matter which view, ribbon or sub-ribbon you may be in, you will always be able to get back to the Question View, Spreadsheet View or Run the tab with a single click.
+This is the quick launch panel and it remains in view no matter where in the mTAB system you navigate. This is a huge benefit because, no matter which view, ribbon or sub-ribbon you may be in, you will always be able to get back to the Question View, Spreadsheet View or Run the tab with a single click.
-This will be especially useful for such items as the TopN or Simplified Datasheet views, which previously forced the user to navigate back to the main spreadsheet before going anywhere.
+This is especially useful for such items as the TopN or Simplified Datasheet views, which previously forced the user to navigate back to the main spreadsheet before going anywhere.
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 Within the main Spreadsheet view, we have very much focused on bringing commonly used functions to the fore. Such items as Sort,Threshold, Suppress, Freeze Titles, Simplified Datasheet and Change Question Response Order have all been added to the ribbon, ensuring users have these tools right at their fingertips. [[File:Other overview-mTAB-user-interface spreadsheet-ribbon.jpg|thumb|center|x300px]]
-As with all views in mTAB, the Verbatim view has a ribbon all of it's own. This provides easy access to the [[Tag Clouds|Tag Cloud]] functionality, the ability to export the report to Excel and through the new Run button, the ability to rerun the verbatim report (with pre-filters if required) or to run the closed end data tab itself. [[File:Other overview-mTAB-user-interface run-verbatim.jpg|thumb|center|x200px]]
+As with all views in mTAB, the Verbatim view has a ribbon all of its own. This provides easy access to the [[Tag Clouds|Tag Cloud]] functionality, the ability to export the report to Excel, and the ability to rerun the verbatim report (with pre-filters if required) or to run the closed end data tab itself. [[File:Other overview-mTAB-user-interface run-verbatim.jpg|thumb|center|x200px]]
-The efficient design of the mTAB user interface is a vital part of your user experience. We hope you will find our current design intuitive and should you have any suggestions for the future, we always welcome your input.
+The efficient design of the mTAB user interface is a vital part of your user experience. We hope you will find our current design intuitive and  we always welcome your input if you have any suggestions for the future.

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	Over the course of it's existence, mTAB has not only grown in terms of it's functionality, but also in the presentation of it's User Interface. In the last few years alone, great focus has been given to continually improving mTAB's visual appeal, perfecting the placement of popular functions and generally enhancing the overall user experience.		Over the course of it's existence, mTAB has not only grown in terms of it's functionality, but also in the presentation of it's User Interface. In the last few years alone, great focus has been given to continually improving mTAB's visual appeal, perfecting the placement of popular functions and generally enhancing the overall user experience.

		+	[[File:Other overview-mTAB-user-interface application-progression.jpg\|thumb\|center\|x400px]]

	The most recent enhancement, comes with the addition of the Ribbon Menu concept to the mTAB environment. Ribbons allow for a more organized approach to functional placement and are of course, more visually appealing. The main Question View ribbon (seen below) houses all of the most commonly used functions, such as saving tabs, subsetting, formatting or recoding questions, along with the ability to actually run the tab. [[File:Other overview-mTAB-uesr-interface question-ribbon.jpg\|thumb\|center\|x300px]]		The most recent enhancement, comes with the addition of the Ribbon Menu concept to the mTAB environment. Ribbons allow for a more organized approach to functional placement and are of course, more visually appealing. The main Question View ribbon (seen below) houses all of the most commonly used functions, such as saving tabs, subsetting, formatting or recoding questions, along with the ability to actually run the tab. [[File:Other overview-mTAB-uesr-interface question-ribbon.jpg\|thumb\|center\|x300px]]

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	'''Portal'''		'''Portal'''

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	The mTAB home page is the screen every user sees when they first log in to mTAB. This page is their access point to all aspects of the mTAB system. [[File:Other mTAB-User Interface home.jpg\|thumb\|center\|x450px]]		The mTAB home page is the screen every user sees when they first log in to mTAB. This page is their access point to all aspects of the mTAB system. [[File:Other mTAB-User Interface home.jpg\|thumb\|center\|x450px]]

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 [[File:Other overview-mTAB-user-interface run.jpg|thumb|right|x150px]]
-The Run function itself has been enhanced, by bringing the Run Tab, Run Verbatim and Batch Run options together and housing them all underneath the Run button.
+The Run function itself has been enhanced, by bringing the Run Tab, [[Verbatim Overview|Run Verbatim]] and [[Batch Run]] options together and housing them all underneath the Run button.
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-The large, stylized M in the top left of the screen forms the mTAB File menu. Here we find functions such as New, Open, Save, Slice and Logout.  This is also the home of the recently added Export Nest option. [[File:Other overview-mTAB-user-interface file-menu.jpg|thumb|center|x300px]]
+The large, stylized M in the top left of the screen forms the mTAB File menu. Here we find functions such as New, Open, Save, Slice and Logout. This is also the home of the recently added [[Question nesting in mTAB|Export Nest]] option. [[File:Other overview-mTAB-user-interface file-menu.jpg|thumb|center|x300px]]
 The Open option keeps track of your recently used tabs and as you hover over the Open item, lists them in the gray box to the right, allowing quick and easy access to commonly used items.
 [[File:Other overview-mTAB-user-interface quick-launch.jpg|thumb|right|x100px]]One of other nice benefits with the addition of ribbon menus is the Quick Launch area. In the top left of the software you will see 3 small icons.
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 Within the main Spreadsheet view, we have very much focused on bringing commonly used functions to the fore. Such items as Sort,Threshold, Suppress, Freeze Titles, Simplified Datasheet and Change Question Response Order have all been added to the ribbon, ensuring users have these tools right at their fingertips. [[File:Other overview-mTAB-user-interface spreadsheet-ribbon.jpg|thumb|center|x300px]]
-As with all views in mTAB, the Verbatim view has a ribbon all of it's own. This provides easy access to the Tag Cloud functionality, the ability to export the report to Excel and through the new Run button, the ability to rerun the verbatim report (with pre-filters if required) or to run the closed end data tab itself. [[File:Other overview-mTAB-user-interface run-verbatim.jpg|thumb|center|x200px]]
+As with all views in mTAB, the Verbatim view has a ribbon all of it's own. This provides easy access to the [[Tag Clouds|Tag Cloud]] functionality, the ability to export the report to Excel and through the new Run button, the ability to rerun the verbatim report (with pre-filters if required) or to run the closed end data tab itself. [[File:Other overview-mTAB-user-interface run-verbatim.jpg|thumb|center|x200px]]
 The efficient design of the mTAB user interface is a vital part of your user experience. We hope you will find our current design intuitive and should you have any suggestions for the future, we always welcome your input.