Training Resources for New Users

Using M1 Just Got Easier

While M1 has hundreds of ways it can impact your measurement workflow, it can be daunting to understand everything that it does when you first start to use it. One way to learn about these capabilities quickly is to explore M1's on-line video training at www.m1ot.com/video-training.htm. Another way is to purchase the onsite M1 ™ Basic Flight School (www.m1ot.com/basic-flight-school.htm). With the release of the most recent version of M1 (v6.05), you will find a number of new ways the product explains and demonstrates itself. We call this set of approaches "user-assistive technologies" and it includes several new ways of helping the user better understand how M1 can help them.

• M1 Assistant is a new feature in M1 v6.06 that helps a new user learn about the M1 user interface through showing him how to accomplish some basic tasks.
• Self Demos are scripts that will explain to the user the options associated with that control, and even walk them through its use step by step.  Buttons to launch a Self Demo have been added to M1's interface in several places, such as on the Compliance Test App results dialog to explain the Compliance Breakout feature.  Most Self Demos, including some that are not available elsewhere, are also accessible from the "Self Demos" option in M1's Training menu.
   
• Enhanced ToolTips (ETTs) add a clickable link to the standard short text description in a tooltip on many M1 controls.  Clicking on this link will perform one of two actions:
  • Take the user to the relevant page in the M1 Help file (Tell me more... link)

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  • Launch a Self-Demo on that feature (Demonstrate... link)
     
• How to Get Help can be reached either from M1's Training menu or from the front panel Help button.  This dialog provides an overview of all the various sources of assistance that are available to the user.
   
• The Web Support page (www.m1ot.com/support) has been completely redone to provide simple and fast access to the exact resources that you need

Moving forward, ASA will be adding more ETTs and Self Demos as well as other user-assistive technologies to M1.  Our goal is that you should never be more than one click away from specific assistance on any M1 feature that you may not fully understand.

M1 users with an active Subscription can download the most recent version of M1 at www.m1ot.com/download.