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  1. Testing Cover Pages

    You can test the cover page for any card. First navigate to the card history screen. You can do this by clicking the history icon in the tools column of the card list for any specific card. Its nice to open a few cards with different tag lists ...
  2. Formatting HTML email templates (and signatures)

    Fonts Note that DocBoss uses pixels as the font size in our template dropdowns. The below chart can be used to make a correlation between pixels and points. i.e if the expectation is a 10.5 pt font size, then in docboss int...
  3. Template Troubleshooting, Tips and Tricks

    General recommendations Although most of the basic Excel features are supported in templates for Docboss documents, not every feature can be used. There are also some differences when building templates that would be output as PDF (usually v...
  4. Upload Templates into DocBoss

    Before starting, note that templates: Must be in excel format Any cells where the output data is to be defined by DocBoss, must have applicable variable entered You must set your print area (remember to include the last column) ...
  5. Selecting Email Template

    If you want, you can change the Email Template that is used for any project. To Get Here: Project menu - (SetUp) Main, Scroll to Output Settings The drop-down (beside each Type of submittal) lists the available templates you h...
  6. Example of an obsolete card

    Consider the following scenario: Doc Code = Q14 – Drawings Level = Model In your equipment list, you have Unit 1: Model=ABC Unit 2: Model=ABC Unit 3: Model=DEF During the auto-generation, DocBoss creates 2 cards. ABC...
  7. Project Metrics - Description of each metric

    In / Out Metrics Submittals received: The number of incoming folders created for the selected sources for the selected period of time. We use the date of the folder Files assigned (from submittals): The number of files ass...
  8. Impact of Change Order

    When a change is made to Order Detail, DocBoss will present only cards which will be VOIDED (considered Obsolete) by the order detail changes. This means that the reference which was previously used for that card no longer exists on the order deta...
  9. Expected cover pages: In from Supplier/internal

    When processing files returned from the customer, DocBoss expects that the page count has NOT changed. All details are explained here . BUT, when processing documents returned from supplier default "expected cover pages" value is always set t...
  10. Managing number of pages on returned documents

    When processing files returned from the customer, DocBoss expects that the page count has NOT changed. DocBoss knows: Total pages sent (expected pages for return) i.e. 4 Total pages of the actual document i.e. 3 Total cover pages added...