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Roles Options

The role options are available from the Tools | Options dialog.

The following table describes the available commands, options, and fields from this dialog.

Options Description
Role set

This option selects an existing role set. Use the drop-down menu to see all role sets available in this file.

Add

This command adds a new role set.

For detailed instructions, see Adding a Role Set.

Edit This command edits an existing role set.
Delete

This command deletes an existing role set.

For detailed instructions, see Deleting a Role Set.

Note: Deleted role sets cannot be recovered.

Number of Roles

This option specifies how many roles are contained in this role set. Each role set has a minimum of two roles and a maximum of eight roles.

Select a number to activate the role fields underneath.

Label

This option selects a label for active roles.

Customize a label by editing it in the text box.

Requires

This option specifies role dependencies for active roles. Use the drop-down to specify if other role sign offs are required prior to signing off this role.

For more information, see Role Dependencies.

Color

This option selects a color for active roles.

This is the color of the checkmark used on the Document Manager when this role is signed off.

Flag changes after sign offs

This option tracks all changes to this document after a specified role sign off.

Make read only after sign offs

This option marks a document as read-only after a specified role sign off. Documents that are read-only cannot be edited.

Review Status

Not yet implemented. This option will integrate role sign offs in Working Papers with a future version of CaseWare Cloud to indicate a document's review status.

Document Manager

This option determines whether role completion check marks appear beside the document icons or in a separate column.

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