Celcat. Advanced users tips The Undo window There are times when you the tick” in Celcat and then realise that you have done something terribly wrong! “click Celcat does have a little facility. This is similar to the facility in / where you can roll “Undo” “Undo” “Word” “Excel” back one, or any number of previous changes. The basic is available from on the Celcat toolbar. This will normally the previous update. “undo” “Edit” “Undo” There is also an Window” which allows to multiple actions. This is also available from on the Celcat “Undo “undo” “Edit” toolbar OR via Window”. “View>Undo The Undo list only applies to your current session on Celcat. By default the limit is set to 50 changes. “Undo” This can be changed up to 100 updates by updating (Tools>Options>general Options>Preferences) “Preferences” This will then display the most recent update(s) Right click the step that you want to “Undo” If you have made a number of changes then these will be listed with the most recent change at the top. The tab applies the reverse action “Redo” Using Week patterns to timetable more efficiently This works well if the course you are timetabling follows the conventional week pattern (e.g. 35 week FT) This can be applied to Module, Group, Staff or Room based timetables. The example below shows a staff timetable with all weeks selected In this example an event will be added to Monday following the 35 week pattern. Click the folder to the right of the bar “weeks” Select the Monday Full time 35 week pattern This change is now reflected in the timetable week pattern Right click in the start time square to add an event To limit the timetable to a single term a. Double click the box to open the weeks dialogue “Weeks” b. Edit the top line e.g. For Term 1 only simply remove “,T2-28,30-35,T3-40,42-43,45-47” c. Similar editing can be done to this line to select term 2 or term 3 d. If you make a mess simply click the button “Cancel”
Celcat. Advanced users tips The Undo window There are times when you “click the tick” in Celcat and then realise that you have done something terribly wrong! Celcat does have a little “Undo” facility. This is similar to the “Undo” facility in “Word” / “Excel” where you can roll back one, or any number of previous changes. The basic “undo” is available from “Edit” on the Celcat toolbar. This will normally “Undo” the previous update. There is also an “Undo Window” which allows “undo” to multiple actions. This is also available from “Edit” on the Celcat toolbar OR via “View>Undo Window”. The Undo list only applies to your current session on Celcat. By default the “Undo” limit is set to 50 changes. This can be changed up to 100 updates by updating “Preferences” (Tools>Options>general Options>Preferences) This will then display the most recent update(s) Right click the step that you want to “Undo” If you have made a number of changes then these will be listed with the most recent change at the top. The “Redo” tab applies the reverse action Using Week patterns to timetable more efficiently This works well if the course you are timetabling follows the conventional week pattern (e.g. 35 week FT) This can be applied to Module, Group, Staff or Room based timetables. The example below shows a staff timetable with all weeks selected In this example an event will be added to Monday following the 35 week pattern. Click the folder to the right of the “weeks” bar Select the Monday Full time 35 week pattern This change is now reflected in the timetable week pattern Right click in the start time square to add an event To limit the timetable to a single term a. Double click the “Weeks” box to open the weeks dialogue b. Edit the top line e.g. For Term 1 only simply remove “,T2-28,30-35,T3-40,42-43,45-47” c. Similar editing can be done to this line to select term 2 or term 3 d. If you make a mess simply click the “Cancel” button
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