Methvin User Interface

The dashboard and ribbons

• Estimate Button
• Title Bar
• Share Estimate
• Shared with
• Application Menu
• Application Toolbar
• Search
• Markup
• Reports
• Pricing Table Tab
• Resource Table Tab
• Worksheet Tab
• Complex Resource Tab
• Estimate Toolbar
• Copy From Master

The Methvin user interface consists of four main sections namely:

1. Title bar
2. Application Menus
3. Application Toolbars
4. Estimating Tabs

Methvin Navigation 

Title Bar	Displays the estimate you are working in
Application menu	Menu for File, Edit, View, Insert, Reports & Tools
Application toolbar	Displays shortcuts specific to the application selected. This toolbar changes when a different application tab is selected
Estimate button	To return to the Methvin home page

Right click menu functions

The menu functions in Methvin are context sensitive; therefore, specific tasks can be performed directly on the documents cell, record, or column by right clicking for additional options.

1. In a cell:
2. In a record selector:
3. In a selected column:

Keyboard Shortcuts, Icons and Mouse Functions

Mouse Functions

Note: This table assumes that the mouse buttons are configured for a right-handed user.

Mouse action	Function
Left-click	On an Active Document - moves the cursor line to and positions the editing cursor at the mouse pointer. On an Inactive Document - Turns the document Active and acts as above.
Right-click	On an Active Document, calls up the context menu.
Double Click	Fetch another document, e.g.: Double Click on a Net Rate calls up its Worksheet.
Row Record+Left-click	Select a line of data for Dragging and Dropping.
Row Record Shift+Left-click	Marks the Start and End of a Range of records for Dragging and Dropping.

Keystrokes

This is a list of the Editing and Cursor Movement Keystrokes, with a brief explanation of the function, and the equivalent Icon if available.

Note: Normal Windows and Mac shortcut keys can be used e.g. Ctrl+C: Copy, Ctrl+V: Paste and ⌘Cmd+C, ⌘Cmd+V respectively etc.

Mac Keystrokes	Windows Keystrokes	Function for your Mac computer
Tab	Tab	Moves the cursor forward to the next Field.
Shift+Tab	Shift+Tab	Moves the cursor backwards.
⌘Cmd+⇧Shift+I	Ctrl+Insert	Inserts a new line at the cursor position.
⌘Cmd+⇧Shift+D	Ctrl+Delete	Deletes the current line at the cursor.
⌘Cmd+⇧Shift+>	Ctrl+>	Indents selected items, and sets the line above as a parent item (WBS).
⌘Cmd+⇧Shift+<	Ctrl+<	Outdents selected items, this removes the parent level of the above item (WBS).
⌘Cmd+C	Ctrl+C	Copy selected items to clipboard.
⌘Cmd+X	Ctrl+X	Cut selected items.
⌘Cmd+V	Ctrl+V	Paste content from clipboard.
⌘Cmd+A	Ctrl+A	Select all content.
⌘Cmd+Left Arrow	Shift+Left Arrow	Extends the highlighted area left one character.
⌘Cmd+Right Arrow	Shift+Right Arrow	Extends the highlighted area right one character.