OneSAF Objective System After Action Review

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OneSAF Objective System After Action Review
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PowerSTRIPES

• What is PowerSTRIPES
• Suite of tools that facilitate authoring,
  automatic production and presentation of an AAR
• ProductViewer (PV)
• Data collection
• Replay
• MS Access
• AAR Product Definition Language (APDL) Wizard
• Concept of operation
• Exercise is planned
• Author the Take Home Package
• Collect the data
• Conduct Near Real-time Replay
• Auto generation of products during data
  collection
• Refine and complete Take Home Package
• Conduct 2D/3D Replay
• Analysis of raw data

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PowerSTRIPES (continued)

• Key Features
• Not a "Stove Pipe" solution
• Abstracts product generation away from the
  database schema
• Abstracts data collection away from the
  simulation system
• Allows the user to plan After Action Review
  topics and High Interest Events prior to exercise
  execution. This can be done on any PC (i.e., you
  are not tied to the simulation center and can be
  done at the users base of operations).
• Allows user to build and use Templates of topics
  and High Interest Events.
• Integrates Microsoft Office applications, such as
  Excel and PowerPoint to provide user with
  familiar editing environment.
• Automatically builds PowerPoint Slides with
  products based data retrieved from the execution
  of an exercise.

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PowerSTRIPES (continued)

• Key Features (continued)
• Streamlined automated process to support exercise
  recording, analysis and playback
• Products include PVD, Maps, Charts, Graphs,
  Timelines, Excel Worksheets, Data Queries, etc.
• Allows the user to customize the generation of
  the products, including echelon levels,
  participant scope, time frame, and many others.
• Allows the user to manipulate the Products using
  standard Microsoft Office capabilities.
• Products can be viewed during exercise execution,
  after the exercise, or as a standalone Take Home
  Package (THP) in PowerPoint format.
• Support for a variety of Simulation
  Systems/Environments, including OTB, DIS and
  OneSAF. Plugins are in the works to take
  advantages of system-specific data available in
  other environments such as JAAR and HLA systems.

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PowerSTRIPES (continued)

• Use of standards
• 2525B symbols
• ODBC
• XML
• SQL

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Binder Manager

• Concept
• Provides centralized location for storage of all
  data and products for a given run of an exercise.
• The binder can be taken back to home base for
  further review and\or analysis of the data.
• New/Open Binder
• Creating a new binder populates the binder
  structure with a set of default elements needed
  to conduct AAR.
• Opening a preexisting binder initializes the ODBC
  database.
• Shortcuts Menu
• Provides access to various tools within the
  PowerSTRIPES suite.
• Individual shortcuts to be discussed in following
  slides.

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Data collection

• System Abstraction Layer (SAL)
• ODBC databases
• Microsoft Access
• PostgreSQL
• Supports other ODBC databases as well.
• Snapshots
• Provide capability to generate products for a
  given period of time even if no update occurred
  for the entity/unit.
• Subscriptions
• Provide mechanism to reduce the set of events
  that data is being collected for.

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Take Home Package (THP)

• Insertion of previously created presentation
  template.
• Most units will have a set of slides that they
  like to use on a regular basis
• THP templates can be shared between units
• After the template is inserted the AAR Wizard
  provides the user with the option to generate the
  slides contained in the template
• Customization/Creation of THP
• Insert products (map, chart, table...) into an
  existing or blank template
• Save customization or creation as a new template
• Product examples
• Boiler Plate
• Text
• Maps
• Charts
• Tables
• Task Organization

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Take Home Package (THP) (continued)

• Authoring
• Provider
• Icon Size
• Format Aid
• Format Media
• Map author wizard
• Chart/Table authoring
• Save Product
• Save Product as

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Map Author Wizard
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Entity Snap Shot Map
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Product Author Wizard
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Entity Snapshot
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Killer Victim Chart
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Correlation of Forces Chart
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Volume of Fire Table
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Entity SnailTrails
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Replay

• General
• Task Org Tree
• Data grid displays information for the selected
  entity/unit.
• 2525B Symbology
• Faster than real-time
• Pan and Zoom
• Fires and detonates
• Perceptions
• Line of sight tool
• Echelon filter
• Attach to and follow an entity
• Replay from Snapshot or Event Data
• Filter for data replayed

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Replay (continued)

• 2D

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Replay (continued)

• 3D

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Replay (continued)
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Microsoft Access

• Provides user friendly interface to databases
  (backend database is PostgreSQL 8.3

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Product Generation data flow
SORD
AAR Interface
AAR Wizard
Data Collector
Aid
Media list
Product
Database
Media
Data view
Product template
AAR Datasource
Query specification
Renderer
Product
Product Type
Renderer
Generated product on slide
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AAR Data Flow
Subscriptions
Media (Product)
SQL Queries
Relational Databases
Product Generation
SORD
Data Collector
Data Processor
Media
Media
DIS
Product (Generator)
Product (Generators)
Agents
Methods of Evaluation
HLA
RDBMS
XSD
Query
Data Providers
1 Data Collection
2 Data Base
3 Query
4 Product/Media
Data Fusion
1 Integrate Data Providers for Data Collection.
2 Integrate Relational Databases Using Standard
ANSI SQL.
3 Integrate Product Generation Capabilities with
ODBC Queries.
4 Integrate Media or other Product Formats for
AAR.
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Questions
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Backup Slides
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Agenda

• AAR Goals and Objectives
• Rules of Engagement
• Focus
• The Plan
• Battle Summary
• Reports and Graphs
• Sustainment

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AAR Goals and Objectives

• Identify what the plan was
• Identify what really happened
• Identify why it happened
• Identify what can be done to improve

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AAR Rules of Engagement

• Do not judge success or failure
• Active participation
• Equal representation (of ideas and perspectives)
• Creativity
• Openness to new ideas
• Critical thinking (about the topic or idea)
• Consensus where possible
• Commitment to carry the results forward

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FOCUS

• There are always Weaknesses to Improve Upon and
  Strengths to Reinforce.
• We Will Learn From Each Other. No One,
  Regardless of Rank, Position, or Strength of
  Personality has All of the Information or Answers.

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The Plan

• Commanders Intent
• Task Organization
• Enemy Order of Battle
• Enemy Situation
• Friendly Situation
• See the Battlefield

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Commanders Intent

• A stated vision that defines the purpose of an
  operation and the end state with respect to the
  relationship among the force, the enemy, and the
  terrain. It affords the subordinates the ability
  to accomplish the mission in the absence of
  additional guidance, orders, or communication.

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Friendly Task Organization
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Enemy Order of Battle
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Enemy Situation
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Friendly Situation
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Phases of Execution

• IED Insertion
• Ambush Preparation
• Market Bombing
• Coalition Response
• Ambush of Coalition Convoy
• IED Explosion
• Rooftop Insertion
• UAV Recon
• Attack on Civilians

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See the Battlefield
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Battle Flow What Happened
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Battle Flow (min 0)
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IED Insertion (min 1)
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Ambush Preparation (min 4)
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Market Bombing (min 7)
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Battle Flow (min 8)
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Coalition Response (min 9)
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Coaltion Response Contd (min 10)
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Ambush and IDE Explosion (min 11)
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Helicopter Mount (min 12)
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Rooftop Insertion Contd (min 17)
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UAV Recon (min 21)
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UAV Recon Contd (min 22)
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Attack on Civilians (min 24)
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Attack on Civilians Contd (min 25)
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Scenario Complete (min 27)
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Reports

• Map Reports
• Snail Trails
• Direct Fires
• Indirect Fires

• Graphic Reports
• Correlation of Forces
• Fire Effectiveness
• Ammunition Usage
• Volume of Fires

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Entity SnailTrails
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Direct Fires Map
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Indirect Fires Map
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Reports Correlation of Forces
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Fire Effectiveness
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Ammunition Usage Over Range
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Fire Volume by Entities
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Sustainment

• Maneuver (MAN)
• Intelligence (Intel/NBC)
• Fire Support (FS)
• Air Defense (AD)
• Combat Service Support (CSS)
• Combat Support (CS)
• Mobility/Counter Mobility (MCM)

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Questions
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Authoring Capabilities

• Using presentation templates
• Inserting new slides
• Authoring chart products
• Filtering of the data
• Product Generation
• Saving changes as a new product template
• Saving a presentation as a template

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Using presentation templates

• You can use one or more presentation templates as
  a starting point for your AAR
• Additional products can be inserted
• Update products to better support specific
  discussion points
• Set start end date time range
• Add filters to refine discussion point data
• Save presentation as a template for reuse

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Using presentation templates
From the PowerSTRIPES AAR toolbar select
Insert-gtAAR Products from Template.
On the Load From Template dialog select the
presentation template desired and then click Open
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Using presentation templates
The slides in the presentation template are added
to the current presentation and the Generate AAR
Presentation dialog is displayed. To build the
presentation either click the Next button to
build each slide one at a time or click Finish to
build all slides. Note That the slides in the
presentation template will be inserted into the
presentation after the currently selected slide.
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Inserting new slides

• Adding new slides to the presentation
• Inserting new products
• Layering of map products
• New Presentation Author Wizard will be in v2.5

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Inserting new slides
From the PowerSTRIPES AAR toolbar select
Insert-gtNewSlide.
From the PowerSTRIPES AAR toolbar select
Data-gtProviders-gtSAL (or desired
provider). Note Available providers will change
based on collected data.
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Inserting new slides
From the PowerSTRIPES AAR toolbar select
Inser-gtAAR Product-gtChart-gtCorrelation_of_Forces_C
hart (or desired product type and desired
product). Note Available products will change
based on the selected data Provider.
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Inserting new slides
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Slide titleThe slide title is created with the
title of the product if one does not already
exist.
Product Title
Product name
Product type image
A product template placeholder is created on the
slide.
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Inserting new slides
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It is possible to select more than one product
for a slide.
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For map products you can change the 2525B Icon
size (this is a global setting). From the
PowerSTRIPES AAR toolbar select View-gtIcon
Size-gtMedium
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Authoring chart products

• Supported changes will be captured and applied
  when product is regenerated
• Chart type
• Pivot field
• Pivot type
• X axis fields
• Y axis fields
• X axis Label
• Y axis Label
• Data Filters
• More chart format options will be supported in
  v2.5
• Changes can also be saved as a new product
  template for use in other presentations

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Authoring chart products
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Starting with a generated chart, select the chart
by clicking on it. From the PowerSTRIPES AAR
toolbar select Edit-gtChart\Table Properties.
Note If you do not use this option to edit the
chart properties your changes will not be saved
and used the next time this slide is generated.
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Authoring chart products
The Chart author is activated and the chart tool
bars are shown.
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Authoring chart products
From the PivotTable tool bar select
PivotChart-gtHide PivotChart Field Buttons to
uncheck the option and show the PivotChart field
buttons.
Current pivot filter fields
Current pivot field
Current data area field(s)
The PivotTable Field List dialog is now visible
and the pivot fields are visible in the chart
area. This PivotTable Field List dialog shows
you the available data fields that can be used in
the chart.
Current X axis field(s)
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Authoring chart products
To change the chart type from the Chart tool bar
select the drop down next to the chart icon and
select the type of chart you desire. Note this
can also be done from the PivotTable tool bar.
To change the pivot field, Data filter(s), X axis
or data area field(s) drag the field names
to\from the PivotTable Field List dialog to the
corresponding location on the chart. To change
the labels click on the label and change the text
as desired.
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Authoring chart products

• Summary of example changes
• Removed entity count from pivot field
• Added force as pivot field
• Added damage to data area
• Changed the X and Y axis lablels
• Removed sim_time from X axis and added force

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Authoring chart products
When changes are complete click on a blank area
of the presentation slide. The author will
deactivate and changes will be saved to the
slide. If you recheck the Hide PivotChart Field
Buttons option prior to clicking on a blank area
of the presentation the field names will not be
visible when the chart author is deactivated.
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Authoring chart products
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To regenerate the slide and see that changes
where saved, From the PowerSTRIPES AAR toolbar
select Edit-gtBuild Slide.
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Filtering of the data

• Format Aid - Date time range
• In v2.5 you will be able to apply a date time
  range to multiple selected slides at once
• Format Media
• Data returned can be filtered by any field in the
  data set
• Ex affiliation, entity type, unit type, etc

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Filtering of the data
Note the elapsed time range for current slide
when built.
To set the date time range for the data returned
right click on the background of the slide and
select Format Aid from the menu.
In the Format Aid dialog enter the elapsed Start
Time and elapsed End Time for the date time range
desired. Click on the OK button and the changes
are applied and the dialog closes. To reset a
slide to return all available data delete the
values in the Start and End time boxes. In v2.5
this dialog will change to show the simulation
start time, end time and total elapsed time. In
addition date time controls can be used in
addition to the elapsed time fields to select
start and end date time values.
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Filtering of the data
To further refine the data returned you can add
filter values for each field returned in the data
set. To modify filter values for the fields
returned in the data set for a product right
click on the product template place holder and
select Format Media from the menu.
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Filtering of the data
Double click on the available field that you
want to add a filter value for. The filed name
will be populated in the Left Expression field
and sample date will be listed in the Current
Database Values. From the Operator drop down
select the operator expression (equal, lt,
gt,lt,gt) desired. In the Right Expression enter
the value to use as the filter. If the value is a
string value you will also need to check the
Quote Right Expression box. Click on Add to
create the filter and add it to the list of
Current Filters.
Sample data for selected field
Current filters for this product
Fields available for filtering
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Filtering of the data
To update a current filter select it from the
Current Filters list. The Left Expression,
Operator, Right Expression and check boxes will
be updated to reflect the filters values. Change
the values as desired and then click the Update
button. The changes will be saved to the Current
Filters list. To delete a current filter select
if from the Current Filters list and then click
on the Delete button. After all filters are
added\updated\deleted click on the OK button. The
next time the slide is generated the changes will
be reflected in the resulting data.
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Product Generation

• Build current slide
• Build all
• Does not build slides already built
• Rebuild all
• Auto Build Presentation Slides
• Clear this Product
• Clearing All AAR Products

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Product Generation
To build products, from the PowerSTRIPES AAR
toolbar select Edit-gtBuild Slide (or desired
build mode). The Build AAR Presentation dialog is
displayed.
Build options Build Slide generates the
current slide and closes build dialog Build
All Slides generates all slides not already
built Rebuild All Slides clears and generates
all slides Auto Build Presentation Slides
cycles through all slides at interval the
snapshot interval and generates any slides that
data is available for.
Clear options Clear this AAR Product clears
the current slide Clear All AAR Products
clears all slides
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Product Generation
Build mode (current slide, un-built slides, all
slides, auto)
Slide being processed
Status message area
Status bar increments once for each slide
completed
Navigation buttons Cancel cancels current
activity and closes dialog Skip skips current
slide Back go back one slide Next generates
current slide and moves to next slide Finish
generates all remaining slides based on
Note Navigation buttons are enabled\disabled
based on Build mode selected.
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Saving changes as a new product template

• Authored products can be saved for future use
• Overwrite existing product template
• Save Product As new product template
• Changes can be saved to
• Current binder
• System repository for use in new binders
• Both

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Saving changes as a new product template
To save a modified product template, from the
PowerSTRIPES AAR toolbar select AAR-gtSave Product
A confirmation dialog will appear to verify you
want to overwrite the existing product.
A confirmation dialog will then be displayed to
confirm whether or not you want to overwrite the
master template repository with the changes.
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Saving changes as a new product template
To save a modified product template as a new
product template, from the PowerSTRIPES AAR
toolbar select AAR-gtSave Product As
The Save Product As dialog is displayed. Enter
the name for the new product template. Note
Typically we use a naming convention of
ProductTemplate_x_x_ProductName_Type(chart,table,m
ap).xml however your are not constrained to this
convention.
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Saving changes as a new product template
A confirmation dialog is then displayed to
determine if you want the new product template
added to the master repository.
The new product template is now available to be
inserted. From the PowerSTRIPES AAR toolbar
select Insert-gtAAR Product-gtChart and you can see
the new product template has been added to the
list.
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Saving a presentation as a template

• Save current presentation as a new presentation
  template
• Save modifications over existing presentation
  template

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Saving a presentation as a template
To save a presentation as a template for future
use, from the PowerSTRIPES AAR toolbar select
AAR-gtSave As Template.
The SaveAS PowerPoint Presentation dialog is
displayed. Enter the name for the new
presentation template or select an existing
presentation template to be updated.