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This topic lists and describes menus and commands that are available in the Specifications Module window.

The Reports menu commands are available in Specifications Module, <Item> Specification, Composite Specification, and Multi- Tag Instrument Specification windows. For details of the available reports and their descriptions, see Specification Report List.

Edit Menu Commands

Page Editor icon 16bit Page Editor

Allows you to edit existing pages or create new pages based on existing pages. You can then associate spec pages with forms.

Section Editor icon 16bit Section Editor

Allows you to edit composite page sections you created in InfoMaker. You can then integrate sections with spec pages to define pages as composite.

Form Editor icon 16bit Form Editor

Allows you to create a new specification form or edit an existing one.

Format Editor icon 16bit Format Editor

Allows you to create or edit multi-tag specification formats.

Data Dictionary icon 16bit Spec Data Dictionary

Allows you to assign user-defined headers for Spec Form Field reports. Also, you can assign names to the data fields used in a form browser, select fields for a form browser, protect field headers from editing in the form data template, and so forth.

Form Data Template Editor

Allows you to manage form data templates.

Action Menu Commands

Open Spec icon 16bit Open Specification

Allows you to open an existing specification or create a new specification for a specific item type that you select.

Save as Files

Opens a dialog where you specify a target folder for saving instrument specifications in either .isf or .psr format, and then save one or more instrument specifications to the specified folder (only available when the specification item type is Instrument).

Save as Excel

Saves a batch of specifications in Excel format (only available when the specification item type is Instrument).

The Save-as Excel functionality only works with the 32-bit version of Microsoft Excel. You must also have installed from the Microsoft Download center the following file: Microsoft Access 2013 Runtime.exe.

Import Data

Opens a dialog where you import data from .isf files to instrument specifications in batch mode.

Title Block Styles

Adds a new customized title block to a specification form. This option is not available if the System Administrator, when making or modifying domain definitions, selected the Standard title block assignment method.

Associate Title Block

Associates a customized title block with a specification form. This option is not available if the System Administrator, when making or modifying domain definitions, selected the Standard title block assignment method.

Change Spec Forms

Changes the form associated with the selected specifications.

Change Master Tags

Redefines the master tag number of multi-tag specification.

Retrieve Custom Pages as PSR Files

Allows you to retrieve custom pages from the database and save them in a specified folder as .psr files.

Regenerate Library Forms

Allows you to rebuild all specification forms of the Smart Instrumentation default library.

Regenerate Formats

Allows you to rebuild all multi-tag specification formats.

Spec Revisions

Opens a dialog you use for viewing and printing revisions.

Manage Spec Revisions

Opens a dialog where you save revisions to the database, in .psr format, or in .zip format.

Specification Views

Opens a dialog where you associate specification views with the Smart Instrumentation database.

Delete Form Data Template

Opens a dialog where you delete a form data template.

Delete Specifications

Opens a dialog box where you delete specifications in batch mode.

Options Menu Command

History Options

Opens a dialog where you set specification history indication. History indication is only possible if the System Administrator has enabled the use of audit trail options in your domain. Enabling this option disables the Compare function available in the print preview.

Mark Changes

Marks the changes in the current specification for the dates you selected in the History Options dialog. This option is available only if the System Administrator has enabled the use of audit trail options in the current domain. Enabling this option disables the Compare function available in the print preview.