(1)

Navigation pane

Provides tools for performing tasks on the current database, such as searching and tagging.

(A)

Task pane

Displays database tools in work areas called panels.

(B)

Pin

Allows you to dock the navigation pane by pinning, or hide the navigation pane by unpinning.

(C)

Navigation buttons

Opens task panes on the Navigation pane.

(2)

Workspace pane

Displays databases in various views.

(D)

Tabs

Allows you to move between different open databases.

(E)

Table view

Displays a list of document records.

(F)

Browse view

Displays one document record at a time.

(3)

Title bar

Displays the current database name and information regarding the current document record.

(4)

Menu bar

Contains menus, each responsible for a set of tasks.

(5)

Standard toolbar

Contains buttons that let you access standard views and tools.

(6)

Quick Search

Allows you to quickly enter and execute simple and advanced searches while browsing document records.

(7)

Dynamic toolbar

Contains buttons for tools corresponding to the current views.

(8)

Status bar

Displays status information, such as the current document record count.

Databases

Allows you to open and concatenate multiple databases, take a snapshot of a query session, quickly scan recently reviewed databases, and identify the current database you are reviewing and whether it needs updating.

Search

Allows you to perform simple to advanced queries with fast search results, save and reopen queries, clear search history, and access the dictionary and field lists.

Tags

Contains a menu tree for categorizing tag folders, adding new tags, and panels for running history and statistical tag queries.

Notes

Displays comments added to a document, allows you to sort by note or issue, and shows the properties for each file.

Browse

Opens the Browse view. The Browse view allows you to view the documents in the database. You can also add and edit tags, notes, and issues to documents in the Browse view, and send selected text to other programs. When you open the Browse view you will be viewing the first document in the current query or the first document in the database if no query has been entered.

Table

Opens the Table view. The Table view displays documents from the current search in a tabular format, similar to a spreadsheet, with one document per row. In the Table view, you can add and edit tags to documents, define which fields are displayed in the view, the field order, and modify the style and color of the font displayed in the view.

Review

Opens the Review view. The Review view displays all searches performed since the current database was opened, indexed, reindexed, or the search history was cleared. The Review view includes the search number, number of search hits, number of documents containing the search terms, and the search terms for each search.

All

Selects the entire database and returns the sort order of all records to the order in which they were added to the database. This function is sometimes referred to as Zero Query. The document last displayed in the Browse view remains the active record. The documents that come before and after are the documents that physically precede and follow it in the database. When you want to return to the last query, simply click the All button again. Performing a search also resets the All button.

Sorting

Opens the Sorting layouts dialog box.  The Sorting layout feature provides additional tools to customize and save how records are sorted in the Browse view to display the desired result.  

Edit

Opens the Edit view.  The Edit view allows you to edit the contents of the documents in the database.  The Edit view also provides additional tools needed to create and save custom edit layouts that can be applied to display only the fields specified in the selected layout in the Edit view.

Print

Opens the Print documents dialog box. In the Print documents dialog box you can print records located from a search. You can underline search terms and produce key-word-in-context reports. Printed output can be routed to your printer or to a file. You can select a range of documents within the current query and specify the fields within the database.

Report

Opens the Report Writer dialog box. When you click the arrow next to the Report view button, you can open the Report Writer or Annotation Report dialog box. The Report Writer dialog box is used to create columnar reports for database data. The Annotation Report dialog box is used to create the Annotation Report for transcript databases.

Tools

Opens the Preferences dialog box. In the Preferences dialog box you can you to customize how you use Concordance Desktop, including customizing the Workspace tab, search hit color, title bar, issue coding, and indexing.

Help

Opens the Concordance Desktop Answer Center.

First

Opens the first document in the current query in the Browse view, or opens the first document in the database if you are using zero query.

Previous

Opens the previous document in the Browse view.

Next

Opens the next document in the Browse view.

Last

Opens the last document in the current query in the Browse view.

Go to

Opens the Goto dialog box where you can enter the number of the document you want to view from the current query. Concordance Desktop opens the document in the Browse view.  

For Transcripts, use the Goto dialog box, to enter the number for the document, page, or line you want to view.

Previous Hit

Moves the cursor to the previous search hit in the Browse view. If the document was edited since the last reindex, the document containing the search hits is displayed but the search terms are not highlighted.

Next Hit

Moves the cursor to the next search hit in the Browse view. If the document was edited since the last reindex, the document containing the search hits is displayed but search terms are not highlighted. If there isn't a next search hit to display, the next document is displayed.

View Image

Displays the image associated with the current document. Once you click the View Image button, it automatically stays selected and displays the image associated with each record in the image viewer. Click the View Image button again to release the button. This button only works when images are enabled in Concordance Desktop.

Copy

Opens the Copy dialog box. In the Copy dialog box, you can copy document data from selected fields to the output destination you specify.

Font

Opens the Font dialog box. When you modify the font in the Browse view, you are modifying the font for data displayed in the Browse view for the entire database.

When you modify the font in the Table view, you are modifying the font for data displayed in the Table view for the entire database. If you are viewing a concatenated database, the font change only affects the database for the current selected record.

Edit

Adds the search terms of a selected query to the Search task pane for editing.

Activate

Select a search in the Review view and click the Activate button to activate a previous search and make it the current search. Clicking the Activate button opens the documents in the Browse view.

Fields

Opens the Fields dialog box. The Fields dialog box contains a list of all fields available for editing. Select a field from the list and click the Insert button to move your cursor to the selected field in the Edit view.

Ditto

Opens the Duplicate dialog box. In the Duplicate dialog box, you can copy field data from one record to another record or to another field in the current record.

Delete

Marks and unmarks a record for deletion. Records marked for deletion are removed from the database when the database is packed.

Undo

Opens the Edit Options dialog box. In the Edit Options dialog box, you can undo edits, mark and unmark the record for deletion, or erase all content from the document.