Tutorial : Configure Elk with your organisation logo

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Introduction

What:
This tutorial will show you how to:


What for:
Add your logo to documents created by the software (e.g. PDF reports, Fig 7).


Level: beginner

Expected time: 5 minutes

Required:

Set your organisation logo

Be sure you are located in 'Manage' perspective of an Elk project.
If you are not located in 'Manage' perspective, you can switch the perspective : from Elk menubar click on 'Perspectives | Perspectives | Switch to "Manage"' (Fig 1).

Switch in Elk geotechnical software manage perspective
Fig 1 : Switch in Elk manage perspective.


From Elk menubar click on 'Tools | Options | Your organisation logo' (Fig 2).

Set your organisation logo in Elk geotechnical software
Fig 2 : Set your organisation logo.


A dialog called 'Elk - Your organisation logo' shows up (Fig 3).
Mouse left-click on the 'Import' button.

Import your organisation logo in Elk geotechnical software
Fig 3 : Import your organisation logo.


A dialog called 'Elk - Import image logo' shows up (Fig 4).
Mouse left-click on the 'Browse' button.

Your organisation logo selection dialog
Fig 4 : Your organisation logo selection dialog.


A dialog called 'Open file' shows up.
Select the file : 'acme_200_150.png'. (Fig 5)
Mouse left-click on the 'Open' button.

Choose image file corresponding to your organisation logo
Fig 5 : Choose image file corresponding to your organisation logo.


The dialog called 'Elk - Your organisation logo' shows up again, and displays your logo (Fig 6).
Mouse left-click on the 'Close' button.

Display of your organisation logo in Elk geotechnical software
Fig 6 : Display of your organisation logo.


Now, Elk software, or its associated plugins can use this logo in order to generate reports, as shown below (Fig 7).



Example of logo usage in a PDF report created by geotechnical software Elk
Fig 7 : Example of logo usage in a PDF report.


That's it!

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