National FIS Software : Competitors Other Start Times

These are tools in the other options menu on the competitors tab when cross country is selected as the discipline on the race header:

(for an explanation on published vs actual start time click here)

Set Published Start Times

As explained on the page this is used to assign published start times to individuals or to small groups. Published start times are assigned to competitors based on the current order on the competitors screen. This will apply to all competitors or to a block of competitors.

Once the settings have been made and 'OK' has been clicked a confirmation screen will be displayed before times are assigned:

Copy Published to Actual Start Time

After confirming you really want to do this, it copies the value of the published start to the actual start for all competitors or the current block of competitors.