This command allows you to display and manage the existing Tailoring Options throughout the Section. From the list, you can choose to display (by selecting) or hide (by deselecting) single or multiple Tailoring Options. This list allows you to activate (select) or deactivate (deselect) individual or multiple Tailoring Options to customize your preferences.
When selected, opens the SI Editor's Tailoring Options window automatically when Tailoring Options are present. The window will not open if Tailoring does not exist in the Section.
Standard Windows Commands
The OK button will execute and save selections made and make them part of your Job's properties.
The Cancel button will close the window without recording any selections or changes entered.
The Options button Opens the SI Editor's Tools > Options window.
The Help button will open the Help Topic for this window.
When using Revisions, hidden Tailoring Options will now display '(Redlined)' next to the Tailoring Option.
About Tailoring
When you open a Section with Tailoring Options, the Tailoring Tag will surround them. Tailoring Options are designed to make specification editing easier by providing a method for pre-editing information that has been marked with Tailoring Tags (TAI) by the Master specification writer (Technical Representative). This provides the specification editor with the ability to include or exclude Tailored text in its entirety, thereby eliminating requirements that do not pertain to the Job without manually editing each occurrence.
The disposition of any hidden Tailoring Options, when a Section is closed, is controlled by the related selections made on the Tools > Options > Save Tabs drop-down box under Save. You should review these options before using this function to avoid permanently removing options you may want to retain.
Managing Tailoring Options within a Master by adding or removing individual instances within a Section should be done through the Insert > Tailoring command. You can also manage Tailoring Options for all Sections within a Job through the SI Explorer's File > Tailor, or individual Sections through Sections > Tailor.
Grammatical problems may occur when a user Tailors the Job or Section. There is no way to prevent this situation when one or more Tailoring Option is removed. The specification writer or editor needs to be aware of and make the necessary corrections while editing the specification.
Editing Tailoring With Revisions
When using Revisions, the deselected (unshaded) Tailoring Options will be redlined. If the Tailoring Option contains more than one attribute such as <TAI OPT=Army, Navy, Air Force</TAI>, the deselected (unshaded) attribute will be removed, but not redlined. After saving a Section with hidden Tailoring Options, but before you have closed the Section or exited the SI Editor, you can still restore the hidden Tailoring Options.
To restore the hidden Tailoring Options before saving and closing the Section, return to the Tailoring Options window, select the Tailoring Option you want to restore click OK.
Redlines will be applied once the Section is saved and closed. Redlined Tailoring Options cannot be globally restored. however, Tailoring Options can be restored by using the Editor's Edit > Undelete Redlined Revisions.
Editing Tailoring Without Revisions
When tailoring without Revisions, the deselected (unshaded) Tailoring Options will be hidden. If the Tailoring Options contains more than one attribute such as <TAI OPT=Army, Navy</TAI>, the deselected (unshaded) attribute will be removed. After you have saved a Section with hidden Tailoring Options, but BEFORE you have closed the Section or exited the Editor, you can still restore the hidden Tailoring Options by using this command. Select the Options you want to restore and click OK.
Once you have saved and closed the Section, all hidden Tailoring Options will be deleted and cannot be restored.
Additional Learning Tools
Watch the Tailoring a New Job eLearning module within Chapter 2 - Creating a Job and Adding Sections.