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Selecting the Interface Options

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5. Click on the Interface button to specify which tabs and commands/functions should be shown and which screen should be used as the Start-up view.

   

   (a) Configuring Access
   This screen has different panels that represent the various tabs of the Office Timesheets application. Depending upon the areas that you want to provide access to, check the relevant check boxes in the various panels.

   Tip: Click the Check All button to check all the check boxes. Similarly, click the Uncheck All button to clear all the check boxes.

   
   
   

   Tip: Sometimes you may need to check most of the items, but keep only a few unchecked. A quick way to do this is to click the Check All button (to check all the items) and then individually uncheck the items you don’t want selected.

   
   
   

   Note: Within each panel, there is a hierarchy of levels that corresponds to the tabs (bold items), ribbon groups (1st level of indented items) and command/functions (2nd level of indented items) of the Office Timesheets application. When you check or uncheck an option in a panel, other related check boxes will also get checked or unchecked automatically. For example, if you check the Change Password item, the system will automatically check the User Accounts and System Configuration items as well (since you need access to the System Configuration tab and the User Accounts ribbon group, in order to get access to the Change Password command/function).

   
   
   

   (b) Specifying which Screen should be shown by default at Start-up
   Click on one of the radio buttons in the Start-up View column, to specify which screen should initially be shown when the user logs in.

   Note: In the case of the check boxes, you can select check boxes from as many of the panels as required. However, you can select only one radio button in the Start-up View column, from all of the panels collectively. The button you select will determine the default opening screen that will be displayed when the user logs in. Note, however, that you have to provide access to the item you select in the Start-up View column. In other words, you have to also check the item that you want to use for the default opening screen. When you try to save a policy where you have selected an item in the Start-up View column but have not checked the corresponding check box for the  item (in the Yes column), Office Timesheets will display the following error message—

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