Update user manual (2 of 3)
Small updates and corrections to existing text Replaced four images to reflect the current UI Signed-off-by: willemferguson <willemferguson@zoology.up.ac.za>
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@ -229,12 +229,15 @@ of each dive. These panels are respectively marked [red]#A#, [red]#B# and
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in the figure below. Each of these tabs will now be explained for data entry.
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image::images/AddDive1_f22.jpg["FIGURE: Add dive",align="center"]
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When you edit a field in Notes or Equipment panels, _Subsurface_ enters *Editing Mode*,
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When you edit a field in the Notes or Equipment panels, _Subsurface_ enters *Editing Mode*,
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indicated by the message in the blue box at the top of the *Notes* panel (see the image below). This message is
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displayed in all the panels under Notes and Equipment when in *Editing Mode*.
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image::images/BlueEditBar_f22.jpg["Blue edit bar",align="center"]
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If this hand-entered dive was away from the sea you may wish to edit the xref:S_altitude[*altitude setting in the
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Information panel*] because dives at altitude need special calculations.
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The _Apply changes_ button should only be selected after all the parts of a dive have been entered.
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When entering dives by hand, the _Info_, _Equipment_ and _Profile_ tabs should be completed
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before applying the information. By selecting the _Apply changes_ button, a local copy of the information
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@ -712,8 +715,8 @@ an option appears to undo the change in time (image c). Select this undo option
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and the time is again shown as 8:44. Having undone the change, a new option appears under
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the _Edit_ heading: Redo the change (image d). If this option is selected, the change in
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time is redone. The undo facility applies to the majority of information typed into the text
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areas of _Subsurface_ and facilitates easy and accurate data entry. Even changes to multiple
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dives can be undone.
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areas of _Subsurface_ and facilitates easy and accurate data entry. Multiple changes
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to a specific dive and changes to multiple dives can be undone.
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image::images/undo.jpg["FIGURE:Performing an undo",align="center"]
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@ -861,6 +864,10 @@ the tags that correspond to the typing. For instance, by typing
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*Notes*: Any additional information for the dive can be entered here.
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If this dive was away from the sea and your dive computer does not record atmospheric
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pressure or altitude you may wish to edit the xref:S_altitude[*altitude setting in the
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Information panel*] because dives at altitude require special calculations.
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The _Apply changes_ and _Discard changes_ buttons are used to save all the information for tabs
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in the *Info* panel and in the *Dive Profile* panel. Use them
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when *ALL* other information has been added. The image xref:S_Notes_dc[at the beginning of this section]
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@ -2131,6 +2138,7 @@ surface interval before the dive, the maximum and mean depths of the dive, the
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gas volume consumed, the surface air consumption (SAC) and the number of oxygen
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toxicity units (OTU) incurred.
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[[S_altitude]]
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[icon="images/atmpress.jpg"]
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[NOTE]
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The text box *Atm. pressure* allows one to specify
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@ -2139,7 +2147,7 @@ contains a value, dive calculations take into account altitude. The dropbox on t
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right allows two ways of expressing atmospheric pressure: mbar or m/ft above sea level.
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The altitude unit (metric/imperial) is taken from the settings in the *Preferences* screen. A
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third option is to use the atmospheric pressure provided by the dive computer. In order to specify
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the pressure/altitude, first select the approriate unit (in the case of the image on the left
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the pressure/altitude, first select the appropriate unit (in the case of the image on the left
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these are "mbar/m/use dc", then type an appropriate value into the text box. In the case
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of m/ft the altitude typed into the text box is automatically converted to the
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mean expected atmospheric pressure (mbar) at the specified altitude.
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