User Interface Version 8 -- Step by Step

The Prepare Data form shown here illustrates design principles used in Version 8:

1. Each form title describes a major step like Prepare Data.
2. Each form is closed by clicking on the X close icon in the upper-right corner.
3. Each form shows you-are-here information in the upper-left about the current project, current main step, and current sub-step like Manage Project CrashTest80 > Prepare Data Crash > Review Standard.
4. Each form shows brief instructions relevant to the current sub-step like Review standard data values.
5. Each form has two command buttons in the upper-right: a Stop button (stop working with CODES2000 or LinkSolv) and Help button (display a help page for the current dialog). A few forms have another command button for starting a series of steps can be done automatically. Here, all five Data Preparation sub-steps for Crash can be repeated by clicking once on Auto Run.
6. All command buttons show control tips describing their uses. All column titles show control tips describing their contents.
7. With Version 7, viewing a frequency table required selecting a field name from a drop-down list. Now, any frequency table can be viewed by clicking on the View icon on the left of the field name.
8. With Version 7, viewing field information (Info) required clicking on a command button to display a list of field names and their information content. Now, the information is available without additional effort.
9. With Version 7, setting probabilities of error (Pr Err) required clicking on a command button to display a list of field names and their current error probabilities. Now, the information is displayed without clicking and can be edited in place.
10. With Version 7, viewing modal values (Modal Value) required shifting from Prepare Data to Project Reports and creating a Standard Fields Report (this is still possible with Data Specifications Report). Now, the information is available immediately.
11. Actions that can be taken as part of a sub-step appear as command buttons with relevant labels at the bottom of the form. The Review Standard tab has two: Import Pr Error (import probabilities from another project) and Apply Pr Error (apply revised probabilities to standardized data).