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How to Perform Masterspec Quarterly Updates
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Download the latest MasterSpec quarterly updates
Downloading the MasterSpec installer:
- Navigate to the following website: www.avitru.com
- Click the LOG IN button in the top right corner of the website
- Next, click on the LOG IN button for MasterSpec
- Enter Username and Password, and then click on the Login button
- Click the MasterSpec Documents and MasterWorks link in blue
- The site key will be near the top in blue on the Downloads page. Copy the site key and paste into a Notepad app for easy retrieval.
Site Keys can change, so it is important before doing any MasterSpec update to obtain the most current one from this page.
- Under Download Type, keep the selection on the Masterspec/Masterworks installer
- Select your Operating System. (MasterWorks is currently only compatible with PC (Windows) and will not work on Macintosh computers
- Select the version of Microsoft Word that you are using. (For Word 2019, choose the selection for 2016)
- If needed, check the boxes PDF versions of the Section Text and Supporting Documents. These selections are optional
- When you are finished, click Download. Save the download to a folder on your computer that you can easily locate.
Installing the MasterSpec files on your computer
- Run the Masterspec installer
- Click to accept the MasterSpec License Agreement then click Next
- Paste in the site key all at once using the keyboard short cuts CTRL+V and click Next
- Make the selection to include format sub-folders or not and then click Next.
- Keep All Available Selections selected, and then click Next.
- Select either long or short filenames, click Next.
- If you have a preference to either Use Division Folders (creates separate folders for each division) or Put All Specifications In A Single Folder, select it, then click Next.
- Create a new local folder to install the updates to. Click Browse in the Masterspec installer and navigate to the folder. Once the path is showing, click Next
If the updates are pointed to a folder on a shared drive, the folder can end up empty as there are greater restrictions placed on a network drive. If pointing to an existing Masterspec update folder, files may not overwrite and this may be difficult to tell with old specs there.
- Confirm in the Summary screen the selections made, click Next then Install.
- Since the Masterspec updates are just Word Documents, download them once, then copy the libraries to a folder that other users can access. Then, those users can download them locally to their own computer. This way, you don't have to do a full update on each user’s computer.
- Once Installation is complete, you will have the option to Run MasterWorks installer now or to Save installer to disk, I’ll run it later. Select your preferred option.
- Once all of the above directions have been completed successfully, the latest edition of MasterSpec will be in the selected folder
- Within the MasterSpec update folder, there is a personalized, consolidated Table of Contents. This is a PDF lists every section that was purchased by the client to use.
- You will also find a PDF called Update Instructions. This file shows what changes were made between the previous version and this new version.
- If you require additional assistance, please contact Deltek technical support
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