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03 Creating and Managing Projects, Bids, Alternates, and Change Orders

The first step in using On-Screen Takeoff is to create a Project (aka bid, job, tender) and add plans to it.

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01 Introduction to On-Screen Takeoff
02 The Projects Tab in Detail
03 Creating and Managing Projects, Bids, Alternates, and Change Orders
04 The Takeoff Tab in Detail
05 Creating Conditions and Layers
06 Setting Scale and Drawing Takeoff Using Auto Takeoff and Auto Count and Manual Takeoff Tools
07 Bid Areas and Zones
08 Annotations (Plan Markups) and the Image Legend
09 Selecting and Editing Takeoff and Annotations
10 Typical Groups, Typical Areas, and Repeating Pages
11 Advanced Plan Organization and Overlays
12 The Summary Tab in Detail (Analzying Takeoff Results)
13 The Estimate Tab in Detail (Unit Cost Worksheet)
14 Options for Pricing a Bid
15 Printing Plans, Takeoff, and Reports
16 Importing and Exporting Bids, Takeoff, and Reports
17 Collaboration
18 Masters (Central Saved Data)
19 User Preferences and Program Options
20 Databases (Project Storage)
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