MetriQ Environment > Options > Save As... (New

Adding An Icon with Save As...

MetriQ has the ability to create an icon each time you save a new document to disk, placing that icon into the MetriQ environment, ready for timing.
To activate this feature, click on Settings and drop down to Options. Click the Save As button to open the Save As screen and check the box "Enable Save As" near the bottom of the screen. MetriQ comes pre-configured for Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

In addition, MetriQ needs to know which disk and/or folders you save your files to on your local or networked computer. The default folder location is the C drive. However you can also specify a specific folder. For example, setting folder location to C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents will ensure that a new icon is created whenever you save documents to this folder and will never create a new icon for a document saved to any other folder.

When the Save As feature is fully activated and you create a new document from a software application open and running from within MetriQ, as soon as you save this document to disk (using the Save As command in the open application), MetriQ will open a new window to ask you if you wish to create an icon for this newly saved file. If you wish to proceed, choose a new location in MetriQ for the icon from the list of User Folders, and when this screen closes, timing for that new icon will begin automatically.

If you have other applications that you would like to use the Save As feature with, please follow these steps:

1. On the File Types tab, enter JUST the extension for the file types you are using (e.g. xls) and a brief description Note: there is no need to enter the name with a period. Do not use quotes.

2. Use the folder button to select a folder for MetriQ to watch as described above. This would normally be C:\. Check the Include Sub-Folders check box to request MetriQ to also watch all sub-folders to the folder you selected. Click OK to save these options and return to MetriQ's main window.

Save As Fields:

File Extension:	The extensions of the files you wish to monitor. Note: do not use quotation marks or a dot ‘.’
Ignore:	Some applications save more than one file. For example Word will save 2 files with similar names - for example c:\~$MyNewDoc.doc and c:\MyNewDoc.doc. The ignore field allows MetriQ to filter out unwanted file types.
Description:	A description of the file type.

Configuration:

Enable Save As:	Activates the Save As feature.
Folder:	The root Folder you wish MetriQ to watch.
Include Sub-Folders:	If checked, MetriQ will watch the named folder (above) and all of its sub-folders. It is recommended to have this option checked

Buttons:

	Add: Add a new Save As file type to MetriQ. Press the OK button to keep these changes.
	Delete: Select a Save As file from the list and press the delete button. Note: Deletions cannot be undone.
	Abort: Use abort to cancel an add or edit.
	Ok: Save changes and quit.
	Help: This Help Document.

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