Spectra Precision Survey Pro CE v3.6 User Manual - Manual (Page 39)

Getting Started
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• Descriptions do not need to be arranged in alphabetical order.
(Survey Pro does that for you.)
• Descriptions are case sensitive.
To use a description from a description file,
simply start typing that description in any
Description field. (You can experiment with
descriptions in the
6XUYH\ , 7UDYHUVH 6LGHVKRW
screen.) Once you start typing a description, a
dropdown list will appear displaying all of the
descriptions in the descriptor file along with all
the descriptors that have been used in the
current job in alphabetical order. If the first
letter(s) that you typed match the first letters of
a description in the descriptor file, that
description will automatically be selected in the
dropdown list. Once it is selected, you can have that description
replace what you have typed by pressing [Enter] on the keypad. You
can also use the arrow keys to scroll through the dropdown list to
make an alternate selection.
If you wanted douglas fir to be selected with the sample description
file used here, you would have to start typing with lower case
characters since descriptions are case sensitive. (Typing
Dou … would
not work.)
Description Files With Codes
A description file that uses codes is similar to those without codes,
except a code precedes each description in the file. A sample
description file with codes is shown here.
The following rules apply to description files that use codes:
• Each line in a description file begins with a code, followed
by a single space, and then the description.
• A description code can consist of up to seven characters
with no spaces.
• Description codes are case sensitive.
• The description is limited to 16 characters.