The Application Bar is positioned at the top of the workboard and of the Necto Home page, and it contains the options that apply to the entire application.
The following paragraphs describe the options of the Application Bar.
Clicking your username opens the User Settings dialog box where you can edit your personal properties, your areas of interest, your friends and subscriptions to other users.
The Users 
button hides and shows the Social
Ribbon that displays your friends and the users who have visited
the current workboard. Necto remembers your last selection and next
time you open the workboard page the Social Ribbon is displayed or
hidden accordingly.
The Save 
button displays the following save
options:
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Option |
Description |
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Saves the changes you have made to the current workboard. If you don’t have permission to save the workboard to the current location, the Save button will be disabled. |
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Saves the current workboard, under the same or a different name, to the same or another location. Using the Save As option, you can save a public workboard as a private workboard. |
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Generates a PDF document from the components of the workboard, which you can print according to settings you define in Workboard Properties. |
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Adds the current workboard to your Favorites. Then, you can use My Favorite Workboards on the Necto Home page to quickly access one of the workboards you have bookmarked. |
The New 
button opens the New
Workboard Wizard for creating a new workboard.
The Refresh 
button refreshes the
current workboard. Note that any changes you have made to the
workboard will be lost.
The Topics 
button opens the Workboard Topics dialog box
where you can tag the current workboard with new or existing topics
that best describe your content.
Clicking 
opens the Necto Control Panel for
accessing the Data Sources and Models options.
Clicking the Control Panel
button opens the Necto Control Panel for users
with administrative credentials where they can define and manage
users, roles, data sources, models, workboards, and system
settings.
The Search box is used to quickly find workboards, discussions, or entities within the current workboard.
Type in the search text, click
the Search Options 
button to select the relevant option, and
click the Start Search 
button (or press Enter).
The options are:
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Option |
Description |
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Conducts search within the grid dimensions displayed in the current workboard and in the Workboard Slicers Pane. |
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Conducts search within the names and topics of the workboards you are allowed to see. |
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Conducts search within discussion names and message texts, in the workboards you are allowed to see. |
Click the Home 
button to navigate to the Necto Home
page. Clicking the button again returns you to where you last were
in the workboard page.
The Help 
button opens a menu with help
options.
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Option |
Description |
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Use this option to get instant help: Hover the mouse pointer over an area, feature or button you need assistance with, and a short explanation will be presented to you in the Interactive Help pane. In addition, links for more help will be available below the help text.
Instant help is available for a dialog box by
clicking the Help |
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Provides access to online documentation. |
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Opens the Getting Started page in a separate browser window. This page contains instructions for getting started with Necto from scratch. |
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Displays tips on the the key features of the current page. You can click Click to Dismiss to remove the tips. |
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Connects to Panorama’s Knowledge Base site. |
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Displays Necto’s current version and provides access to the license agreement, Panorama mail contact and Panorama’s company web site. |
Save
Save As
Save to PDF
Add to Favorites
Interactive Help
button on the dialog box title.
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