Groups
The Ribbon has six Groups:
- Open
- Save As
- Chronologies
- Licensing
- Options
- System Tools
Chronolator Define can save and access your chronology in two places:
- your computer's file system.
- browser storage.
Although Browser storage is quite robust and roomy, you should save your work from time to time to protect yourself against a system failure. Use one of the buttons in the Save As group to do this.
Open
Use Open > File to open a file in your computer's file system.
Use Open > Resume to continue working where you left off last time you used the tool.
Save As
Chronolator Define can save your chronology as one of two file types:
- a txt file that can only be made sense of by a Chronolator Browser Tool.
- a JSON file that can be used to exchange data with other programs.
Your administrator might tell you which type to use. If not, you can use either one, unless you want to protect the chronology with a password. In that case, you must use the txt format.
Chronologies
The Chronologies group lets you:
- create a new Internal Chronology with the Case Details Wizard.
- retrieve a sample covering email that you might want to edit and send your partner agencies along with the chronology.
- create a table with details of the columns in the chronology. Again, you might want to edit and send this to your partner agencies.
Licensing
The Licensing group has buttons to:
- display the Browser Licence for this tool, and to purchase and install new one.
- create or install a Document Licence.
Please email licences@chronolator.com to obtain a licence.
Options
The Options group has a Theme button that lets you change how the Ribbon looks. When you click on it, two options are shown. Hovering on one displays its effect on the Ribbon. Click on the one you want to select it.
There is also a Password button that you can use to set a password for the chronology. If you do this, you must use the txt format when you save it.
System Tools
The System Tools group lets you:
- View Logs
Chronolator logs how you use it so that Berrick Computing Ltd can diagnose any problems you encounter.
These logs remain on your computer unless you want to send them for diagnosis.
You can view, copy, and clear them.
- Reports
This button displays Application Environment and Document Details reports.
The Application Environment report is mainly of interest for problem diagnosis.
The Document Details describes the chronology - what columns are included, which of them are mandatory, what abbreviations are in the glossary and so on.
- Clear cookies
Use this button to clear Chronolator cookies. This can be useful if browser problems prevent you starting the tool.