Congratulations  on your participating in the Certified Inspection Training (CIT) program. Most new inspectors realize the value of computer generated reports verses hand written check list reports. The CIT 3D Evaluation disk installs a full functioning version of the 3D Inspection System software on your machine. The only limitation is that the software prints out SAMPLE in the background of each page as a water mark.
Rest assured that anything you do as far as setting up your print settings or screen layouts will carry over when you install the purchased version of 3D. This allows you to do some serious work while trying out this evaluation disk. The other great aspect of this unique evaluation disk is that it comes pre-installed with two of my popular Michael Leavitt sets. My print settings are also pre-installed.
The fact that you are at this web page tells me that you already have the evaluation disk installed and you have clicked on the left side action bar in the 3D Report Writer. You first step will be to open the background document and personalize it with your name and information. The background document is the page that prints in the background of each page of your report and includes your business name and contact information. Please complete the following instructions...
HEADER & FOOTER - I have included several background documents. This is the document that displays behind each page of you report and contains your business information and logos. The included Top1 background documents are set up for AII, ASHI, CREIA, and NAHI. So if you belong to AII, then open up Top1AII.w3d in the word processor and you will find a pre-designed template that will allow you to quickly insert your information. To save the format of each line all you have to do is highlight the one line and then type in you information. This will retain the text size and font settings. Make sure that you also go to the bottom of the page and insert your name into the footer section.
Your logo should be inserted in place of mine. First highlight the MLC logo and then hit delete. With the header box still highlighted you should click on INSERT, then IMAGES, then WRAP IMAGE AROUND TEXT. This will open up a window that will allow you to locate your company logo on your hard drive. Bring it in at about 1.5 inches realizing that it will be way too big. Once it is brought into the header you have to move it and resize it as needed.
RESIZING AND MOVING LOGO - This is a little trickier than you would expect due to the need to hold the ALT key down during the process. This is not very intuitive at first, but click your mouse on the image. Then let go and hold the ALT key down and reposition your mouse on the image. You will see the mouse either displayed as a crosshair or an arrow up and down or right to left. When the crosshair is displayed you can hold down the left mouse button and drag the image. With the mouse positioned at one of the edges (while holding the ALT key) you can then click the left mouse button and stretch the image that particular direction.
Have PATIENCE with the resizing and positioning. The keys to remember are the ALT key and the WRAP IMAGE AROUND TEXT when you insert the logo. Failing to hold down the ALT key will make it so that you can't move the image. Just using the import image icon it will not free the image up from the text..... Play around with this process and you will rapidly master it.
SAVING THE TOP1.W3D FILE - Now that you have modified the background document you will need to rename it. To do so, while in the Word Processor, you need to click on FILE, then SAVE AS and change the name to TOP1.w3d. This is important for one of the upcoming steps below.
PRINTOUT SETTINGS -Leave the Word Processor and return to the Report Writer and click on FILE, then NEW. A window will open that allows you to name a report and select which form set to open. All of the sets that start with numbers followed by SFD are the ones that I have provided. The others came standard with 3D.
Select any of the numbered forms and once opened select OPTIONS, then REPORT LAYOUT. When the REPORT LAYOUT window opens you should click on file FILE, then SAVE A LAYOUT TEMPLATE. Type OLD SETTINGS and click save. This step will allow you to be able to go back to your old printout settings later if your wish, but I want you to experiment for a moment with a few of the printing layouts that I have provided. To do so please click on LOAD A REPORT LAYOUT. You should select the file AII Settings.LTP. This changes the settings so that the printing layout looks like my sample reports on my website. Once the AII Settings are loaded you should see the Top1.w3d file to the right of the icon that says background document. If another file is listed there, then click on BACKGROUND DOCUMENT and load the Top1.w3d file.
Next you should delete the name next to INDEX DOCUMENT and the line next to INDEX DOCUMENT should be blank.
Click back on FILE and once again SAVE A LAYOUT TEMPLATE. Title it with today’s date like 122903ltp for December 29, 2003 and then if you mess with these settings later you will always have this setup to reload at a later date.
PREVIEW SETTINGS - Now leave the REPORT LAYOUT screen and return to the report writer where you have a form already open. Next comes the moment of truth as you should click on FILE, then PREVIEW (there is also a PREVIEW icon that looks like a piece of paper with a magnifying glass in front of it). This will take the screen that you shows you what the report is going to look like when it prints out. You should see your header and footer at the top and bottom of the page. All of the colors, fonts and settings that are associated with this printed view are accessed back at the OPTIONS, REPORT LAYOUT screen and they can be modified as you wish (see the Report Writer manual for more details.
PRINTER SETTINGS - While in the Report Writer you should click on FILE, then PRINT SETUP. Use the drop down menu to select the printer that you want 3D to print to. From there you are set to go.
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