OST - 01.06 Working with OST - the Main Toolbar

The Main Toolbar provides application functions such as opening databases, printing, copy/pasting and deleting.  This toolbar also provides access to the Bid's Cover Sheet, the Send function, and the Bid View drop down which allows you to quickly change between a Base Bid and Alternates/Changes Orders.

By default, this toolbar is docked near the top of the application.

Button Icon	Function	What it does/What it means...	Keyboard Shortcut
	New	Creates a new Bid, condition or Master Table entry depending on current focus	<Insert> key
	Open	Accesses the Open Databases dialog box to manage databases	<Ctrl> + <O>
	Print	Prints whatever currently has focus	<Ctrl> + <P>
	Print Preview	Previews whatever has focus before sending to printer	<Alt> + <F>, <V> <Ctrl> + <P> on the Image Tab only
	Cut	Removes selection to the clipboard	<Ctrl> + <X>
	Copy	Copies selection to the clipboard	<Ctrl> + <C>
	Paste	Pastes previously cut/copied selection from the clipboard to the current focus	<Ctrl> + <V>
	Duplicate	Duplicates the currently selected item, Bid, condition, etc.	<Ctrl> + D>
	Delete	Deletes whatever currently has focus	<Delete> key
	UnDo	Undoes the last action	<Ctrl> + < Z>
	ReDo	Reverses the last UnDo action	<Ctrl> + < Shift> + <D>
	Cover Sheet	Opens the Cover Sheet for the selected project
	Send	Allows user to send the project to another user
	Bid View	Allows estimator to quickly switch between Base and Child Bids on the Image, Takeoff, and Worksheet Tabs. Synchronized with the Bid View tab in the Conditions window on the Image Tab.

There are numerous toolbars used for drawing takeoff and annotation, adjusting your images and takeoff, and for adding and adjusting Overlays, see Related Articles for details.

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