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CV and NIH Biosketch Improvements

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CV and NIH Biosketch CV and NIH Biosketch

Prototypes
CV Prototype
NIH Biosketch Prototype

Requirements
CV Customer Specification
CV Functional Requirement
NIH Biosketch Customer Specification
NIH Biosketch Functional Requirement

CV and NIH Biosketch includes the following functionality

CV AND NIH BIOSKETCH DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS

• Help text and Contact Us information available on all new pages.
• Browser screen size adjustable to different monitor sizes.
• "Breadcrumbs" (similar to sitemap/last visited links) available on all new pages.
• Improved menu navigation and naming conventions.

CV AND NIH BIOSKETCH TECHNICAL IMPROVEMENTS

• Coding practices that comply with standards and other tools.
• Improved database organization and structure.
• Streamlined code base to ease troubleshooting
• Reduced use of duplicated code for like functions.
• Ease of coding for future improvements.
• Separation of the business rules from the presentation logic
• Improved error logs

CV AND NIH BIOSKETCH FUNCTIONAL IMPROVEMENTS

• Ability to create, edit, delete multiple CV or Biosketch documents
• Ability to duplicate or copy CV or Biosketch "templates" to build new or different CVs and Biosketchs.
• An unlimited number of CV or Biosketch documents can be created.
• Improved CV and Biosketch creation rendering time.
• All data categories will be available for inclusion or exclusion in the CV.
• Biosketch includes only the data categories required by NIH specifications.
• Data categories can be selected with a year range to refine the data results.
• Clear all/Check all check boxes to make easier data selections.
• Most CV and Biosketch data appears in ascending order (where possible).
• CV and Biosketch can be created in PDF (uneditable) or (RTF) editable format.
• CV and Biosektch in RTF format can be edited in text editors such as MS Word.
• The PDF and RTF formats can be downloaded to a location of the user's choice.
• CV font is Helvetica and font sizes for the title, headers, and content are set.
• Biosketch font is Helvetica and font sizes for title, headers, and content are set as required by NIH Specifications.
• Course No for courses added.
• Extending Knowledge category added.

Special Characters

• New special character palette that is available on all data entry pages.
• Special character palette inserts special characters without the need to copy and paste HTML codes.
• Improved rendering for special characters.

Manage Format Options

• CV includes bold, italic and underline options for any pattern in the publication Author, Title, Publication Name fields.

Design My CV and My Biosketch

• Improved design for the Design CV and Design Biosketch screens.
• Required fields are now indicated in the "Select My CV Display Options" and "Select My NIH Biosketch Display Options" screen but do not prevent the CV or Biosketch from being created.