Menu Summary

This page presents a summary of Investigation Catalyst Menus.

MENU
WHAT IT DOES . . .
 
CATALYST
About
Investigation
Catalyst

Displays Investigation Catalyst Application version information.

Preferences...

Accesses preferences panels where user enters preferences for displays, startup and backup action, duplicate warnings.

Services

Accesses Apple support applications for Finder.

Hide Investigation Catalyst

Hides Catalyst application and all open windows; bring all to front again by clicking on Catalyst icon in the Dock

Hide others

Hides other open applications and their open windows, leaving Catalyst and windows open.

Quit

Closes Catalyst application and all open Catalyst files.


FILE 
New

Presents Finder window to select Project File Folder, then opens new untitled file window.

Open...

Presents Finder window for user to choose file to open

Open Recent

Displays up to 10 most recent files used in pull-down menu, showing most recent first, with option to clear list when starting a new project.

Import...

Displays Finder window to select file to import into currently displayed file.

Close

Displays window with options to save changes or discard changes.

Save

If not saved previously, displays Finder window to select file name and type, and save file. If previously saved, saves file to previously designated folder.

Save As...

Displays Finder window with options to name file, select format, show or hide extension, create new folder, and save file.

Export

Provides menu options to export Matrix image and format, selected glossary, EBs for report, Comments for report, Remarks for report, or Diamonds for report.

Page Setup...

Displays options for setting up page options for printing.

Print...

Displays printer dialogue for printing file


EDIT 
Undo

Undoes previous action for enable functions.

Redo

Reverses undo actions for enable functions

Cut

Deletes selections and stores deleted selection in clipboard

Copy

Stores selection in clipboard

Paste

Pastes contents of clipboard into selected location.

Delete

Deletes selection and stores it in clipboard.

Select All

Selections all contents displayed in active window.

Find

Dispalys dialogue to enter and find text in current document

Spelling

Displays dialogue to activate spell checker for active text

Special
Characters

Displays special Unicode characters that can be selected and used in text entries


TOOLS
Inspector

Opens Inspector Panel for viewing, editing and setting status of objects in Matrixes

Matrix
Properties

Opens panels for setting the Project data and labels displayed in the Investigation Catalyst matrixes

Diamond
Label Panel

Opens panels for specifying the content of the Diamond panel labels

Poison Words
Label Panel

Opens panel for entering, editing or deleting words that are flagged during Event Block data entry tasks

Date range
filter

Opens panel for selecting Event Blocks display begin and end date and time parameters.

Overlap Scale and Rabge Filter
Label Panel

Opens panel for specifying Overlap scale and display range parameters

New EB

Opens panel for entering data to create new Event Blocks

New Diamond

Opens panel for entering data to create new Diamond tags

New Comment

Opens new blank Comment along left edge of matrix

Snap EBs to Time

Automatically sequences Event Blocks by the begin date and time entries

Snap Times to Matrix

Adjusts times within Event Blocks that have been ordered manually


VEIW 
Matrix View

Displays constant-sized Event Blocks in Matrix regardless of duration

Overlap View

Displays Event Blocks elongated in proportion to their duration

Zoom In

Enlarges the size of objects displayed in the current window.

Zoom Out

Reduces the size of objects displayed in the current window

Increasse Overlap Scale

Expands distance between tics on the Overlap display date/time scale

Decrease Overlap Scale

Reduces distance between tics on the Overlap display date/time scale

Display Title Box

Toggles display of the Project Title box

Jump Map Display

Opens Jump Map Display options pull down menu


WINDOW 
EB Panel

Opens panel displaying data in all Event Blocks in user-definable table format

Diamond Panel

Opens panel displaying data in all Diamond tags in user-definable table format

Comment Panel

Opens panel displaying data in all Comments in user-definable table format

Rules

Displays list of Rules categories and contents of each category

Minimize

Moves open window into the Dock

Bring All To Front

Inactive

(List of open files)/B>

Displays list of all currently open files


HELP 
Investigation Catalyst Help

Opens page with Help and Tutorial Menus

Fast Start

Tutorial presents fast overview of Investigation Catalyst features

Incident Investigation

Tutorial describing how to use Investigation Catalyst to support Incident Investigations

Hazard Analysis

Tutorial describing how to use Investigation Catalyst to support hazard analyses of new or existing processes

Quality Assurance

Tutorial describing quality assurance tasks for asssessment of process descriptions and analyses

Witness Analysis

Tutorial describing how to use Investigation Catalyst to analyze statements by witnesses

Change Management

Tutorial describing how to use Investigation Catalyst to support process Change Management tasks

Recommendation
Development

Tutorial describing how to use Investigation Catalyst to support development and implementation of processes improvement actions

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