Adarvo Help


Table of Contents

Welcome to Adarvo
What can I do in Adarvo?
Buying Adarvo
Work processes in Adarvo
Adding documents in Adarvo
Creating a ThemeMap
Arranging documents in the ThemeMap
Importing a folder structure into the ThemeMap
Importing Internet Explorer Favorites
Creating relationships between items
Deleting items
Processing documents
Sharing the editing of documents
Controlling document versions
Editing a document while the last version is still published
Finding missing documents again
Searching in Adarvo
Backing up and recovering themes
How Microsoft Outlook and Adarvo work together
Finding an event that everyone can share
Creating user groups
Creating closed user groups
Defining and processing business processes
ThemeTop and Theme Map
ThemeTop - Desktop interface of the Adarvo window in which any windows can be kept open.
ThemeMap - Hierarchical folder structure for arranging the data in an Adarvo theme.
Properties folder - Dialog containing with different options for the folders in the Theme Map.
Key words - You can assign any number of key words to an item in an Adarvo theme.
Document statuses ("states") - Adarvo already contains a series of statuses that can be used to mark documents. They are also known as "states". You can add to them as much as you require.
Navigation bars, item types and views
Adarvo bar - This is the orange-colored bar on the left-hand edge of the Adarvo window in which you can access the different items and views of your Adarvo theme.
Item Types - The item types displayed in the Adarvo bar are the different categories of items that are possible in Adarvo.
Special Views - "Special Views" arrange the contents of the theme according to their state. For example, they show all unread items or the most-recently used items.
My Adarvo - You can display the most important items in Adarvo from the "My Adarvo" bar.
MindMap - As an alternative to the Theme Map folder structure, you can also edit data in Adarvo in a MindMap.
Toolbar - The most important commands in Adarvo, for example, Share and Synchronize, are located in the tool bar.
ThemeManager
ThemeManager - Window in which all the themes you edit in Adarvo are managed.
Theme Properties - Theme settings that are made in the ThemeManager.
Theme calendar - The ThemeManager's calendar function gives an overview of the events and tasks in all Adarvo themes
Theme options - In the Tools menu in the ThemeManager you will find the Options command which opens a dialog in which you can specify some general default settings for your Adarvo installation.
Join/Invite Somebody... - The administrator of a theme can invite new members to join it via mail. They then select the Join command to access this theme.
Share Theme - You can create a private theme and afterwards register it on the server that you can share it with other people.
Creating a new theme - When you create a new theme a wizard guides you through the process step by step.
Sharing and Publishing- Synchronizing
Sharing/Publishing - So that you can make your theme's data accessible for other people in Adarvo, you "share" it with other members. For the same reason you "publish" the data on the Internet.
Share with Group - You can "share an item with the group" by selecting it with the mouse and then clicking on the Share button. This allows all theme members to read it.
Share with Myself (Mobility) - Adarvo provides the "mobility" function so that you can access your Adarvo themes from several workplaces.
Publish on the Web - If you select the Publish on the Web command, Adarvo displays the selected item on the theme's web site.
Sharing/Publishing - All Options - In the dialog with all the options for "sharing/publishing" you can assign different rights to individual theme members.
Rights (permissions) - This section contains a brief introduction to how to assign different rights (also known as "permissions" or "authorization") when sharing Adarvo items.
LocalSync - Synchronizes Adarvo with Microsoft Outlook.
Adarvo in the Internet
Publish theme on WEB - There is a Wizard that helps you create a website using the data in your Adarvo theme.
The on-line work area of a theme - Members of a theme can log onto their theme over the Internet, from any computer in the world that has an Internet connection.
Adarvo themes - shared homepage - The web page from which all Adarvo themes can be accessed.
Adarvo themes login - Any member of a theme can use their mail address and password to log into their Adarvo data over the Internet.
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