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Mimosa has hundreds of menu selections and action buttons to accomplish many kind of timesaving tasks not mentioned above. The following is a list of some of the most frequent hints that might prove useful when applying this software with a real data:

Shortcuts:

• click [F1] to get help on the current topic or view
• click Help|Contents to view the help menu
• double-click the current grid with the mouse
• click the right mouse button to see the most frequent actions
• click [Ctrl+H] to view and modify the data anywhere in the application

File Import and Export:

• use extensive Clipboard tools in Edit selections to
  • import data from other applications (Paste from the Clipboard)
  • export data to other applications (Copy to the Clipboard)
  • create tailored reports with your spreadsheet application
• use File|File Import and File|File Export to text file transfer or
• use File|File Add to add data from a text file

Other useful tools:

• in Courses window, use Edit|Copy course and Edit|Paste course to save time when creating courses
• use Bookings and Locking of courses to prevent unwanted results
• Tools|Sort... permits you to reorder your data in limitless ways
• Tools|Modify collections gives an efficient tool to modify the collections in all occasions
• Tools|Select rooms manually enables to assign the rooms for each slot independently
• Options|Statistics gives useful summary information
• use Tools|Optimise to automate creating of timetables
• Options|Maximum weekly load helps to find worst bottlenecks
• use View|Find and View|Best matches to locate codes you are looking for

Changing the appearance of the application:

• View|Select font changes the font of the current window
• Options|Colors changes the basic colours
• Window selections reorganise the views on screen