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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