Contents

Publication information 3
Copyright and disclaimer 4

Quick start

What is a workshop? 10
What information is available to me when I go back and load a previous workshop? 10
How do I use the list manager? 10
What is saved and where? 10
How do I access previous lists of elements if I want to use them in a new workshop? 11
Getting started. 11
Setting up a workshop 11
Starting an activity 11

Installing

System requirements 14
Installing from CD-ROM 15
Install code 16
Running Impact Explorer™ 17

Core features

Impact Explorer™ main screen 20
Starting a workshop 21
Adding and activating keypads 23
The Activity Wizard 26
Q&A - question and answer mode 27
Voting (polling) 28
Voting displays 29
Matrix assessment 31
Matrix displays 32
Ranking 34
Ranking displays 35
Title page 37
Element list page 38
Loading elements from file 39
Adding elements from Decision Explorer® 39
Result display options page 42
Save preset button 42
Start button 43
Presets 44
Creating a preset 44
Using a preset 44
Managing presets 44
Interaction with PowerPoint® 45
Activating PowerPoint from Impact Explorer™ 45
Activating Impact Explorer™ from PowerPoint 45
Activating a preset from PowerPoint 45

Feature reference

Help! 47
Menus and toolbar 47
Workshop menu 48
Workshop selector 48
New 49
Open 49
Save 49
Save As... 49
Recent Workshops 50
Close 50
Print graph 50
Export to Word 50
Preferences 51
Change install code 56
Exit 56
Edit menu 57
Copy 57
Remove current results 57
Keypads menu 58
Search for keypads 58
Edit keypads 60
Remove keypads not voted 60
Keypad demo mode 60
Change COM port 61
Elements menu 62
View elements 62
List manager 62
Edit element 68
Choose Decision Explorer® model 68
Export element assessments 69
Control menu 70
Start new activity 70
Assess next element 70
Re-assess current element 71
Cancel activity 71
Preset manager 71
View menu 75
Current instructions 75
Graph display 75
Elements 75
Clear screen 76
Show Microsoft® PowerPoint® 76
Show average 76
Show summary 76
Previous activities 76
Help menu 77
Contents 77
Visit Impact Explorer™ web site 77
About 77
Main toolbar 78
Common graph features 81
Copy to clipboard 81
Printing 81
Automatic save to disk 81
Graph options 82
Display data as 82
3D effects 83
Labelling 83
Background colour 83
Activity selector 84
Element selector 84
Show summary 84
Show average 85
Using graphs in reports 86
Saving results 87
Exiting Impact Explorer™ 88
Fleetwood Reply keypads 89
Confirming keypad references 89
Changing keypad reference 89

Troubleshooting

Keypads not being detected 92
Keypad hardware 92
Computer setup 92
Software setup 93
Install code required 94
Technical support 95
Before you call... 95
Required information 95
Feedback welcome 97