PowerUser

PowerUser is the legacy Windows desktop application for working with Meridian documents. It is designed for use by engineers, designers, and document controllers.

You can find topics that describe how to use the Meridian PowerUser to perform common tasks throughout this guide.

The following table describes each area of the application window.

Features of the Meridian Enterprise desktop application
Name	Description
Title bar	Contains the name of the current vault.
Find toolbar	Common search tools. May be moved, docked, and hidden.
Menu bar	Context-sensitive menus of Meridian Enterprise commands. May be moved and docked.
Main toolbar	Buttons for frequently used commands. May be moved, docked, and hidden.
Context bar	Buttons for changing the current scope, Navigation view, and time contexts. The button labels display the current selection of each.
Manager toolbar	Buttons for frequently used manager commands. May be moved, docked, and hidden.
Properties pane	Property values for the currently selected item. The number and names of property pages vary with the currently selected item. This pane may be hidden or shown by clicking the Show or hide properties button . For more information see Property Pages.
Viewer Close button	Closes the viewer window. Click the Show or hide viewer button on the Main toolbar to reopen the viewer window.
Viewer pane	Displays the contents of the selected document or its rendition. Double-click the viewer pane title bar to open the document in a new viewer window. Right-click the document name and select the Show Native or Show Rendition options to view the different document versions.
Viewer toolbar	Buttons for viewer tools. Different tools are available depending on the current file format and the current viewer.
Show native/rendition button	Click to toggle display in the viewer pane of the source document or its rendition. The button icon identifies the format of the rendition file.
Status bar	Displays the current vault name, time context, user name, and selected items count. Double-click the vault name, and time context to change them. Double-click the user name to view your user info such as group membership, Windows account names, and email addresses. This information may only be edited by a system administrator.
Navigation view	One of various hierarchical views of the vault contents. Select another view from the Shortcuts pane or click the Navigation view button in the context bar. For information about manipulating Navigation views, see Configure a Navigation View.
Shortcuts pane	Buttons for easy access to Navigation views, saved searches, baselines, and recently opened vaults.