User Interface
The add-in interface has two parts:
- A top ribbon
- A side panel
Top Ribbon
The ribbon only contains a button to open the side panel. Once the side panel is opened, the top ribbon can be collapsed.
Side panel
The side panel is the place where the add-in is displayed.
The panel layout consists in four main tabs to quickly switch between different interfaces.
| Home List the available actions to add dynamic content tags Explorer Allow the user to navigate through the hierarchy of tags Validation Center Display notifications if errors are made in the template. Settings Allow to load a Data Source Model and update template-level settings. |
HOME TAB
| This tab provides access to all the actions to insert dynamic information in the document: Tags Ability to insert a field from the quote at any given point of the document - even in the footer and header of the document. Tables Ability to insert dynamic tables referencing quote grids. These actions will be described in more details in specific help topics. |
VALIDATION CENTER TAB
The validation tab is the place where the template errors will appear. The validation process is continuous and do not need any user interaction. A number in a red-background round will appear when errors are detected. This allows the user to fix problem along the way. Users can launch a
The errors that the validation will catch are:
- Invalid tag structure
- Tag overlap
- Incomplete tags
- Tag duplicates
- Missing data source model reference
For more details on the Validation Center, review the Smart Spreadsheet - Template validation section
SETTINGS TAB
The Settings tab allow to setup the template global parameters. In this tab the user is able to:
| Set or replace the Data Source Model by selecting a JSON file. Choose the default display format for each type of data. | For more information read Smart Spreadsheet - Getting Started |
| Activate the lock on the final document by setting up the lock password. |
CONTEXT TAB
The Context tab is only displayed when the cursor is placed on a tag. It's contextual to the type of tag.
This is where the user will be able to view tags properties and edit tags
| When cursor positioned on : Field tag Table tag | |
| When cursor positioned on : Field tag Table tag | |
| When cursor positioned on : Field tag Table tag |
EXPLORER TAB
| FIELD TAG | |
|---|---|
| Section tag | |
| Table tag | |
| Column tag | |
| Image tag | |
| Iteration tag | |
| Attach tag | |
| Merge tag |
On first click, the cursor in the word template is placed on the tag.
NAVIGATION
