Deltek Open Plan Help

Using the Help Search
Using the Help Search
  • Phrase:Returns all topics that contain the exact phrase in the search criteria. Use quotation marks around the phrase.
    Ex."system administration"
  • And:Returns all topics that contain all the words in the search criteria, in any combination. Insert a plus sign between all words in the search criteria.
    Ex.system + administration
  • Or:Returns all topics with any combination of words in the search criteria. This is the default.
    Ex.system administration
For more information:Searching Online Help

ABC (Tools Tab)

Use the ABC button in the Spelling menu group on the Tools tab to check the spelling for the selected text field in each row of an active spreadsheet or bar chart view. The rows may include activities, resources, or codes.

Clicking ABC allows Open Plan to check the spelling for the selected text field in each row of an active spreadsheet or bar chart view. The rows may include activities, resources, or codes. However, this button is disabled for the following views.

This button, however, is disabled for the Network, Calendar, Code Hierarchy, and Resource Hierarchy views. Additionally, it is disabled under these conditions:

  • The active view is not a spreadsheet or bar chart view.
  • The active view is a spreadsheet on a single table or on a multi-table view where the primary table does not display the DESCRIPTION field.
  • The active view is a spreadsheet view, but the project has been opened in read-only mode with the _ALLOW_EDIT_READONLY default preference set to 0.
  • Resource Hierarchy

When you click this button, Open Plan displays the Check Spelling dialog box for each spelling issue. The search for possible spelling mistakes cycles through the different rows.

If you have created and assigned a dictionary, the words you add are stored in it. Open Plan will recognize these entries in subsequent spell checks, preventing the dialog box from displaying for those words.

Spell Check

The full-featured spell checker allows you to specify the dictionaries that you want to use. You can use up to 32 dictionaries. If you have defined special terms in a dictionary, you can assign that dictionary to the Open Plan spell checker. Open Plan also allows you to assign many different language dictionaries so that you can check the spelling of words in other languages.

In addition to using the dictionary files shipped with Open Plan, you can also use a dictionary supplied with another application or even create one of your own. The dictionary can be stored in any of the following types of file:

  • .tls: The default dictionary type for the Open Plan spell checking feature
  • .dic: The default dictionary type used by many word processing programs such as Microsoft Word
  • .txt: The default dictionary of custom dictionaries and dictionaries containing acronyms

When using the spell checking feature, the Check Spelling dialog box is displayed whenever a word is encountered that cannot be found in the current dictionaries. You can access the Spell Check feature by clicking the ABC button in the following areas of Open Plan:

  • Email Advisor
  • Notes tab in dialog boxes
  • Spelling menu group on the Tools tab of a spreadsheet or bar chart view

You can add acronyms as shortcuts for other words. The spell checking feature finds the acronym and offers you suggested replacement words. For example, you can define ‘sw’ as a shortcut for software. If you have existing acronym dictionaries, you can import these dictionaries and use them in Open Plan.

In addition to highlighting unrecognized words, the Check Spelling dialog box also suggests words that you might want to use as replacements.

Two buttons located at the bottom of the dialog box provide access to customizable spell checker features:

Options: Clicking this button displays the Check Spelling Options dialog box that you can use to specify the options you want to use.

Dictionaries: Clicking this button displays the Dictionaries dialog box that you can use to add new dictionaries and to add or delete words from the current dictionary.