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Full command reference ​

All 224 ribbon commands in DVDAddin, in the order they appear on the two tabs. Open a command for its full guide: what it does, how to use it, an example and caveats.

Legend: PRO PRO plan only · License needs an active account (the trial includes it).

Tab: DVD Cons ​

Group: Schedule ​

  • Gantt Chart License — Draw construction Gantt chart
  • Auto Calc — Toggle auto date calculation
  • Auto Draw — Auto-redraw Gantt while Auto Calc is on
  • Update schedule (data date) License — Re-plan the schedule from the data date — like F9 in Primavera P6
  • Update Status License — Add 5 columns PV/SV/SPI/Δ Finish/Status + refresh task status
  • Setup — Gantt & Calendar Setup
  • Setup › Gantt Tpl — Open construction Gantt template
  • Setup › Constraints PRO — Set date constraints on tasks (P6 / MS Project style)
  • Setup › Header Language — Switch column headers between Vietnamese ⇄ English
  • Setup › Export XML (P6/MSP) PRO — Export schedule to MS Project XML (P6 can import it too)
  • Setup › Import XML (P6/MSP) — Import a schedule from a MS Project XML file (P6 exports too)
  • Setup › Import .xer (P6) — Read a Primavera P6 .xer file without P6 installed
  • Schedule AI › AI Gantt Builder PRO — Gemini builds schedule outline from BoQ or description
  • Schedule AI › Schedule Recovery PRO — Schedule variance analysis → propose recovery plan
  • Reports › Health Check PRO — Schedule quality / health check (DCMA ~12 metrics)
  • Reports › EVM Report PRO — Generate Earned Value Management report + S-curve (PV/EV/AC)
  • Reports › Variance Dashboard PRO — Generate 1-page variance dashboard combining Schedule + EVM
  • Reports › 2-Week Lookahead PRO — Generate 2-week lookahead plan for site supervisor
  • Reports › 3-Week Lookahead PRO — Generate 3-week lookahead plan for site supervisor
  • Reports › Schedule (custom range) PRO — Draw a real Gantt (shapes) for any date range (From → To)
  • Reports › Baseline PRO — Save schedule baseline + compare with original plan
  • Reports › Snapshot PRO — Capture current project state to hidden sheet for trend tracking
  • Reports › Snapshot Trend PRO — Generate trend chart from saved snapshots (SPI/CPI/Critical Slip over time)
  • Reports › Manpower PRO — Weekly manpower histogram + over-allocation detection
  • Reports › Level resources PRO — Move activities with float to flatten the manpower profile
  • Reports › Cash-flow PRO — Planned cash-flow curve + cumulative S-curve

Group: Optimizer ​

  • Rebar Cut License — Run rebar cutting optimization
  • Manual schedule — Type a rebar schedule by hand in the DVDKATABBS layout, picking shapes from a window
  • Bar schedule License — Build a bar bending schedule from shapes and dimensions
  • Bar Cut 1D License — Optimize 1D linear cutting (pipe/box/lumber/profile)
  • Panel Cut 2D License — Optimize 2D panel/sheet cutting (plywood/glass/steel/MDF)
  • Templates › Cutting Tpl — Open rebar cutting template
  • Templates › Bar Tpl — Create input template sheets for 1D Bar Cut
  • Templates › Panel Tpl — Create input template sheets for 2D Panel Cut

Group: QAQC and Diary ​

  • New Diary License — Create a daily log catalog from the record catalog.
  • Diary Menu › Export Category License — Export acceptance records category
  • Diary Menu › Pick Rest Days — Pick rest days to fill into the diary's rest-days column
  • Templates › Work Record Tpl — Work acceptance record template
  • Templates › Material Record Tpl — Material acceptance record template
  • Templates › Diary Template — Construction diary template
  • Test Plan PRO — Generate a TCVN test plan from the selected cells
  • Acceptance License — Build an acceptance plan from the schedule (Decree 207/2026)
  • Accept. record License — Draw up work acceptance records from acceptance-plan rows (Decree 207/2026)
  • Punch list — Register of defects to close before handover
  • RFI — Register of requests for information
  • Submittals — Register of material, drawing and method submittals

Group: QS ​

  • AI Estimate PRO — AI-estimated unit prices for selected construction items
  • Payment License — Build the interim-payment value-of-completed-work table
  • Compare BoQ License — Compare BoQ quantities between two versions — two sheets or two issued files
  • Price adj. License — Material price compensation and contract indexation
  • Estimate bridge License — Import a BoQ from another estimating package's Excel export
  • PDF takeoff PRO — Measure quantities straight off a PDF drawing
  • Compare dwgs License — Compare two PDF drawings and show exactly what changed
  • Data query — Build a dvdSQL statement by picking, preview it, then insert
  • Variations License — Build a variation / additional-works register with valuation (increase/decrease, net)

Group: Connection ​

  • Connect License — Networking for teamwork via LAN or internet.
  • Disconnect — Disconnect from the teamwork session
  • Send format — Send formatting to connected teammates
  • Admin — Establish user rights.

Group: Quick ​

  • Find Cmd — Find and run commands quickly (Ctrl+Shift+Q)

Tab: DVD Addin ​

Group: Text and Number ​

Group: Cells and Rows ​

Group: Formula ​

  • Trace › Formula View — View parameters in the formula
  • Trace › Lookup Trace — To the cell containing the value found by the lookup formula
  • Trace › Dependents — Navigate to the formula cell of the selected cell
  • Autosum — Auto insert Sum function
  • Calculate Menu › Fill Results License — Display calc result in cell
  • Calculate Menu › Direct Ref License — Assign direct reference
  • Calculate Menu › Rounding Func — Add/Remove Round function
  • Calculate Menu › Lock Ref — Add/Remove $ in formulas
  • Calculate Menu › Error Check — Check formula errors

Group: Graphics ​

  • Color Shapes License — Color Shapes by value
  • Shape Menu › Color Rects — Draw rectangles by cell color
  • Shape Menu › List Shapes — List all Shapes in sheet
  • Shape Menu › Rename Shapes — Batch rename Shapes
  • Shape Menu › Number Shapes — Rename the selected shapes 1, 2, 3… by position
  • Shape Menu › Get Position — Get Shape coordinates
  • Shape Menu › Linked Labels License — Place linked pictures of cells on same-named shapes
  • Shape Menu › Make Labels Static — Turn every linked label on the sheet into a static one — one click
  • Shape Menu › Footing shapes from DWG PRO — Read footings from the DWG, match them onto the plan picture and draw exact-outline shapes
  • Shape Menu › Pile shapes from DWG PRO — Read round and square piles from the DWG, match them onto the pile-plan picture and draw shapes named by pile mark (P1…)
  • Shape Menu › Column/wall shapes from DWG PRO — Read concrete columns and walls from the plan DWG, match them onto the plan picture and draw true-section shapes (columns C1…, walls V1…)
  • Shape Menu › Plan progress License — Track progress per shape on a plan: status table, colouring, counted legend, PDF export
  • Shape Menu › Get Color Code — Get cell background color code
  • Shape Menu › Auto Click License — Mouse auto clicker
  • Pictures — Insert multiple pictures
  • Insert Pic Menu › Insert by Name — Insert pictures by filename
  • Insert Pic Menu › Pic Comment — Insert picture into Comment
  • Insert Pic Menu › Comment by Name — Insert pic into Comment by name
  • Insert Pic Menu › Move/Resize — Move and resize pictures
  • Insert Pic Menu › Capture and Annotate — Capture the screen then annotate it (Zalo-style) — shortcut Ctrl+Alt+S
  • Revision Cloud — Drag to draw a rectangular revision cloud on the sheet
  • Cloud Menu › Polygon Cloud — Click corner points to draw a polygon cloud
  • Cloud Menu › Cloud Around Selection — Draw a cloud around the selected cells or shapes
  • Cloud Menu › Convert to Cloud — Turn the selected shapes into clouds — along the corners of freeforms, diamonds and triangles, around the frame of other shapes
  • Cloud Menu › Arrow — Drag to draw an arrow on the sheet
  • Cloud Menu › Text Note — Click and type a text note right on the sheet
  • Cloud Menu › Sticky Note — A yellow sticky note typed right on the sheet
  • Cloud Menu › Callout — Press at the point, drag to where the text goes — a callout with an arrow leader
  • Cloud Menu › Cloud Options… — Colour, line weight, scallop size and margin of clouds; font, text size and arrowhead size of notes

Group: File and Print ​

  • File Tools › File List — Get list of filenames
  • File Tools › Combine files — Combine several Excel files into one
  • File Tools › Split table — Split one table into several sheets or files by a key column
  • File Tools › Compare sheets — Compare two sheets cell by cell and list the differences
  • File Tools › Merge tables — Bring columns from a lookup table into the main table by key
  • File Tools › Rename Files — Batch rename files
  • File Tools › File Tree License — Create file directory tree
  • File Tools › Create Hyperlink — Create hyperlink from cell value
  • File Tools › Folder Tree License — Create folder directory tree
  • File Tools › Create Folder License — Create folders from list
  • File Tools › UnDiacritics Folder — Remove accents in Folder name
  • File Tools › Resize Images — Batch resize images
  • File Tools › Export Images — Export images from Excel
  • File Tools › Transcribe Audio License — Transcribe audio to text
  • File Tools › Unprotect Sheet License — Remove Sheet password
  • Read PDF — View, annotate and edit PDF files
  • PDF / OCR › PDF Manager License — Open PDF Manager
  • PDF / OCR › Stamp PDF License — Number pages and stamp PDFs in bulk
  • PDF / OCR › Word → PDF — Batch-convert Word files to PDF
  • PDF / OCR › Visio → PDF — Convert Visio file to PDF
  • PDF / OCR › OCR file License — OCR an image or PDF file via AI
  • PDF / OCR › Extract Table License — Extract a table from a PDF/image into Excel via AI
  • PDF / OCR › OCR Screen Clip License — OCR a screen clip via AI
  • Batch print License — Batch print/PDF using a driver cell
  • Set page margins — Set page margins for selected sheets
  • Sync page setup License — Copy page setup from one sheet to the others
  • Print pages License — Print individual pages of the active sheet
  • Mirror margins License — Build a PDF with mirrored margins for two-sided
  • Sheets → PDF — Export selected sheets to one PDF
  • Send Email License — Send Email via Outlook
  • Email Menu › Import Email License — Import data from Outlook
  • Email Menu › Email Template — Email sending template
  • Merge to Word License — Merge Excel data to Word
  • Merge Menu › Create Title — Create merge title ([...])

Group: View and Sheets ​

Group: AI ​

  • AI Chat License — Open AI Assistant window
  • AI Menu › Explain formula (Coach) — AI Formula Coach — interactive dialog explanation
  • AI Menu › Fix formula error — AI diagnose #N/A #VALUE! etc + propose a corrected formula
  • AI Menu › Grammar License — Check grammar (Grammarly)
  • AI Menu › Solver License — Solve multiple choice questions
  • DVD Chat License — Team chat inside Excel

Group: About ​

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