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Getting the Most Out of Your Software
This User Guide provides you, the end user, with a detailed reference for ConstructConnect Takeoff (Web). We've made every effort to include as much detail as possible. These tools are intended to complement, not replace, software Training provided by ConstructConnect. To get the most out of your software investment, get to know it!
- View the Release Notes.
- Check out the ConstructConnect Takeoff (Web) Frequently Asked Questions.
To make full use of this program’s capabilities and find answers to basic questions, please Read this Users' Guide.
- The Getting Started chapter gets you into the app and proving that you can use it to deliver real takeoff results in less than 10 minutes.
- Then, in the Introduction Chapter, familiarize yourself with the basic features of ConstructConnect Takeoff (Web) - this shouldn’t take more than 10 minutes.
- Next up, we explain Projects and Documents - how you get your plans into ConstructConnect Takeoff so you can create quantifiable results, again, this will take 5 minutes or so.
- Then, we cover Conditions, Takeoff, and Annotations - getting the real work done in ConstructConnect Takeoff. This is important stuff to know and takes maybe 15 minutes to cover.
In about an half hour, you should should understand ConstructConnect Takeoff enough to create a project, and create takeoff results you can use to build your next winning estimate!
Typographic Conventions
- Terms of importance, titles to dialog boxes, button names, Tabs, and Main Menu items are bolded for easy recognition when skimming through pages.
- Many topics contain links to other articles or hyperlinks to other Web sites, including Frequently Asked Questions. Anything formatted as blue underlined text is a link to additional information. Links to external sites and articles not in the User Guide open in a New Window - be sure to disable any pop-up blockers if the User Guide is not working correctly and verify your Internet connection is active.
- Words or phrases referencing a common principle or important concept are Italicized for emphasis.
- When you are instructed to press a key on your keyboard, the name of the key will be bracketed, like this: <Shift> (means to press the Shift key on your keyboard) or <Enter> (means to press the Enter key on your keyboard), <Shift> + <S> means to press the Shift key, and while holding it down, press the "S" key at the same time.
Mouse Clicks
When looking at screenshots within the user guide, the color of the cursor indicates whether you:
Single-click (yellow) - you click once with the default mouse button (left for right-handed people)
Double-click (green) - you double-click with the default mouse button (left for right-handed people)
Right-click (blue) - you right-click once with the default mouse button (left for right-handed people)
Click-n-drag (red) - you click and hold down the default mouse button (left for right-handed people) and then drag the cursor
The instructions always indicate the steps you are to perform so you do not need to rely on the color of the icon.
Notes, Cautions, Warnings, and Learning Goals
Notes are often tips to help you complete a task more efficiently or save time. Sometimes a Note will just be an explanation of how the program does something.
Cautions typically warn you that your action could have effects beyond the obvious or could cause result in inconsistencies or undesirable application behavior (such as using special characters in certain fields - this can cause issues when exporting/importing bids).
Warnings are critical information regarding an action that cannot be reversed/undone and could cause issues with a bid, cause you hours of days of extra work, etc.
Learning Goals are stated at the beginning of each Chapter, we give you an idea of what you should expect to learn/understand by the end of the chapter (no, there won't be a test!).
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Related Articles
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Inter-Article Links and Links to External Content
In many articles, there may be links to other, relevant articles or even external Websites within the body of an article, these links open in a new window/browser tab.
Previous/Next Article Links
At the bottom of User Guide articles are links to the previous and next articles. These links allow you to 'page' through the user guide, moving from one article to the next. Previous and Next article links open in the current window/tab (not a pop-up).
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