User Manual

In your NovaCore Dashboard you will see different coloured tiles:

•Dark Blue Tile - shows your compliance status.

•Light Blue Tiles - show what is happening with your documents.

•Green Tiles - support related tiles.

Clicking on any tile will take you to more detailed information, related screens or action lists.

When you log in, a list of the documents you most recently actioned are displayed to the left of your Dashboard. To clear this list, select Clear History under Tools/Config on the Ribbon Menu.

(Close-up image of what the Ribbon Menu looks like when you log in)

The Ribbon Menu is grouped by the tabs along the top of the menu. The available buttons under the Manage tab of the Ribbon Menu will change depending on context (i.e. whether you are in the DMS or a Framework). The Manage tab displays a menu of all of the options for managing documents.

	Home Button - the left-most button on the Ribbon Menu. By clicking this button you will return to the Dashboard from any other screen.
	Framework Selection Button - Hover your mouse over 'Start Here' to reveal the drop-down menu that displays all of your frameworks. Once you have selected a framework, all the functions in the program will respond relative to the framework you have selected. Click the Setup Frameworks button on the bottom right-hand corner of the Framework Selection Button to edit or create frameworks.

After selecting a framework, the Manage tab will change to look like this:

Throughout NovaCore, you can access a context sensitive menu by right-clicking on any documents or DMS folders. This will open up a pop-up menu that changes depending on the document/folder's location (or 'context') within NovaCore.

Here is one example of a context sensitive document menu:
 

The Status Bar along the bottom of you screen displays your current version of NovaCore in the left hand corner e.g. .

The right hand corner displays the user name you are logged in as e.g. .

In NovaCore, whenever something can be created or changed such as User Permissions or Application settings, the buttons in the image below will be shown to the left of the panel where the work is being done.

	The tick is an Ok/Save button.
	The cross is a Cancel button.

Remember to click the Ok button after making any changes that you want to save and you can cancel the changes by clicking the cancel button.

Throughout NovaCore, documents/files are displayed in lists. Document lists can all include a lot of information such as revision number, date and frequency and document name, number, notes, etc. These lists are customisable and most customisations you make, such as visibility, size and position of columns are remembered as part of your login profile.

Following are some customisation possibilities:

1.	Choosing Columns You can show or hide columns of information on most document lists by right clicking on a list column heading and selecting or deselecting any of the available columns.
2.	Resizing Columns Columns can be resized by positioning your cursor between column headings and dragging.     Columns can also be set to automatically resize to fit their content or to automatically resize themselves to fit within the available screen width. Right click on the column header and select one of the options as shown in the image below.
3.	Sorting Columns Left clicking on a column heading will sort it alphabetically. Clicking it again will reverse the sort order. The sort order is displayed by the small up or down arrow on the right hand side of the sorted column.
4.	Arranging Columns You can rearrange the column positions by simply dragging a column header and dropping it in the position of the double green arrow as you move your mouse over the column edges.
5.	Grouping Columns You can group your documents by information type by dragging a column header to the Group Bar. For example grouping documents by the month on which their review date falls due simply drag the header of the Review Date column to the Group Bar, which is the space just above the document list as shown in the image.

In NovaCore, screen layout is fully customisable and any changes you make to screen layout are automatically saved to your user profile. If you log out of NovaCore and log back in again as the same user, even if it is from a different computer, your customisations will remain the same.

Dashboard Tiles

Tiles can be rearranged by simply grabbing them with your mouse and dropping them in a new position.
 

Look and Feel

To change the look and feel of the application click on the Tools/Config tab of the Ribbon Menu. On the right-hand end of the Tools/Config menu you will see the Skin Library:
 

 

By clicking on the icons inside this Skin Library you can change the style of the application.

Resizing

Most elements or panels can be resized or repositioned within NovaCore. Wherever you see the Resize Bar the panel to which it is aligned can be resized by dragging the bar. Selecting the bar collapses the panel to its minimum or expands it back to its previous size.
 

Resize Bar