Coeus

Awards, Proposals, and Proposal development
Menus, toolbars, shortcuts

Menus

When you log on to COEUS®, you'll see the main menu bar, parts of which change as you proceed, providing options most closely related to your current task.

Menus that are always visible
The COEUS® menus in bold in the table below --Maintain, Departmental, Admin -- list the same options no matter what COEUS® task you are performing.

Example of a menu that changes -- Proposal Development Edit menu
If you select the module Proposal Development from the Maintain menu, the Proposal Search window appears, along with an Edit menu showing these options: Copy Proposal, New Proposal, Modify Proposal, Display Proposal, Proposal Notepad, Add Proposal Viewer, and Proposal Admin Details. After you select one of these options and open a proposal, the Edit menu shows proposal-specific tasks -- Narrative, Budget, Special Review, Yes/No Questions, Proposal Roles, Abstracts, Proposal Personnel, Proposal Notepad.

Toolbar buttons

Speed up your work by using toolbar buttons instead of pulldown menus for selecting COEUS® tasks.

Top row buttons -- most common COEUS® tasks
Second row buttons -- tasks for the active window

You don't need to remember which button is which -- hold the cursor over the button for a few seconds and its name appears.

Display button names at all times
If you want to have the button names visible at all times and you can use a large window for COEUS®, select Toolbars on the Window menu. On the Customize Toolbar window, under Applications settings at the bottom, select Large Buttons, then OK. Repeat this process each time you log in, as the settings are not saved.

Upper and lower window sections

In many COEUS® windows, such as the Investigator tab page shown below, highlighting an item in the top section shows details for that item in the lower section.

Move between open windows

The lower section of the Window menu lists all open COEUS® windows. If you like to work with several COEUS® windows open at once, for example narrative and budget, do the following:

1. Access the desired proposal.
2. Select Narrative using the Edit menu or the toolbar button.
3. On the Window menu, select Modify Proposal nnnnnnnn. The main window for the proposal reappears.
4. Select Budget using the Edit menu or the second row of toolbar buttons.
5. Move between windows using the Windows menu.

Windows NT/95/98 users: If you arrange the open windows in a cascade, all the open windows will be visible, and you can click to activate any one of them. Set up the Cascade window arrangement using the Window pulldown menu at the top, or use the Cascade toolbar button.

Conserve memory

If your computer has limited memory, remember to close COEUS® windows that you are no longer using. Use the Windows menu as described above to access and close hidden windows that are still open.

Productivity tip for dropdown fields

COEUS® dropdown fields provide a list of values from which to select. As you become familiar with the choices, speed up your work by entering the first letter of the desired value. The full value appears in the field. For example, on the window Add Proposal, in the Proposal Type field, enter "r", and the value "renewal" appears.

Save

Save your changes periodically and when the Save prompt appears.