Menus and Toolbars:

File Menu:

Open: When selected displays an open files dialog where a data file may be selected. Also the same as selecting on the tool bar.

Close: Closes the currently open file.

About: Displays the about form which contains version information. Also the same as on the toolbar

Exit: Exits the analysis software. Also the same as selecting on the tool bar.

Data Menu:

Note Book: Displays the note book for the currently opened data file. Also the same as selecting on the tool bar

Draw Graph: Draws the graph with the selected data in the data banks. Also the same as selecting on the tool bar.

Convert to ASCII: Displays the ASCII conversion form where data may be converted from ACM’s binary format into a text format

suitable for spread sheets. Also the same as selecting on the toolbar.

Window Menu:

Text Grid: Displays the text grid window where data may be viewed as text.

Icon all: Minimises all the open windows.

Tile vertically: Tiles all the open windows vertically. Also the same as on the tool bar.

Tile horizontally: Tiles all the open windows horizontally. Also the same as on the tool bar.

Cascade: Cascades all the open windows. Also the same as on the tool bar.

The window menu also contains a list of all the open windows. Selecting an open window from the window menu will bring that window to the front.

Tool bar menu:

Text: Turns the text on the tool bar buttons on or off.

Visible: Shows or hides the tool bar.

Run types tool bar:

When a file is opend a second tool bar will appear (if the tool bar is visible). The second tool bar shows a list of the different types of tests available in the data file.

Selecting one of the available data types will display just the selected data and the data banks. This options makes it easy to select a specific data type when a data file contains more than one type of test.

Selecting data for analysis:

There are three ways of selecting Data:

1. Right click on the data’s mini graph and select Copy form the pop-up menu then select a data bank right click mand select Paste from the pop-up menu. This method can also be used to copy the mini graph in to any package which supports windows enhanced meta files.
2. Double click on the data’s mini graph. This will place the data into the next available data bank.
3. Drag the data’s mini graph into the required data bank. To drag data place the mouse pointer over the mini graph and press the mouse button with out releasing the mouse buttom move the mouse over an empty data bank and then release the mouse button. Like method 1 this technique can be used to copy the mini graph in to a package which supports OLE drag-drop and enhanced meta files.

For long term data the data type must be selected from the drop down list on the long term data form. The drop down list also acts as a key for the graph.

To quickly view the raw data use the above techniques to copy the data into the text grid window.

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