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2<body>
3
4<h4>Data Explorer Options</h4>
5<ul>
6<li><a href="#intro">Introduction</a></li>
7<li><a href="#load">Load data</a></li>
[03da8ed]8<li><a href="#active">Activate data</a></li>
[b2629b4]9<li><a href="#remove">Remove data</a></li>
10<li><a href="#send">Send data to applications</a></li>
11<li><a href="#append">Append plot to graph</a></li>
12<li><a href="#new">Create new plot</a></li>
13<li><a href="#freeze">Freeze theory</a></li>
14<li><a href="#delete">Delete plot panel</a></li>
15</ul>
16
17<h5><a name="intro"><font color="blue">Introduction</font></a></h5>
18<p> 
19<b>Data Explorer</b> is a panel that allows the user more interactions with
20data. Some functionalities provided by the Data Explorer are also available
21through the context menu of plot panels or other menus of the applications.Under
22menu <b>View</b> of the menubar, Data explorer can be toggle from Show to Hide
23when clicking on menu <b>Data Explorer OFF</b>. This latter  can be labeled as
24<b>Data Explorer ON</b> if the Data Explorer is not visible.
25</p>
26<p><b><font size=2>IMPORTANT!</font></b> When Data explorer is not visible all data loaded will
27be send directly to the current active application. When data Explorer is shown
28data go fist to the Data Explorer for the user to handle them.
29</p>
30
31<h5><a name="load"><font color="blue">Load data</font></a></h5>
32<p>
33To Load data, click on the button <b>Load Data</b>, then select one or more
34files to load into the application. Close the file dialog that first appears. In
35the list control label <b>Data</b> will be displayed data label with the name
36of each selected file.
37 Expending this data by clicking on <b>+</b> sign on each label
38will display available information about this loaded data.
39</p>
40
[03da8ed]41<h5><a name="active"><font color="blue">Activate data</font></a></h5>
[b2629b4]42<p>
43To interact with data, check a data label and click on a button. Checking Data
44make them active  for the next operation. Unchecking Data labels will
45deactivate them.
46</p>
47<p>
48There is a combo box labeled <b> Selection Options</b> that allows to activate
49or select multiple data simultaneously.
50</p>
51
52<h5><a name="remove"><font color="blue">Remove data</font></a></h5>
53<p>
54Remove data button  remove all reference of this data into the application.
55</p>
56<p>
57<font size=2><b>WARNING!</b></font> Remove data will stop any jobs
58currently using the selected data.
59</p>
60
61<h5><a name="send"><font color="blue">Send data to applications</font></a></h5>
62<p>
63Click on the button <b>Send To</b> to send Data to the current active application.
64Then from the application control panel interact more with that Data.
65</p>
66<h5><a name="append"><font color="blue">Append plot to graph</font></a></h5>
67<p>
68Click on the button <b>Append To</b> to append selected Data to a plot panel on
69focus. Next to this button is a combo box containing available panels names.
70Selecting a name from this combo box will set  the corresponding lot panel on
71focus. If not plot panel is available, the combo box and button will be disable.
722D Data cannot be appended to any plot panels . This operation can only be
73performed on 1D data and plot panels currently containing 1D data.
74</p>
75
76<h5><a name="new"><font color="blue">Create new plot</font></a></h5>
77<p>
78Click on <b>New Plot</b> button to create a new plot panel where selected data
79will be plotted.
80</p>
81
82<h5><a name="freeze"><font color="blue">Freeze theory</font></a></h5>
83<p>
84<b>Freeze Theory</b> button generate Data from selected theory. This operation
85can only be performed when theory labels are selected.
86</p>
87<h5><a name="delete"><font color="blue">Delete plot panel</font></a></h5>
88<p>
89Click on <b>Delete Plot</b> to remove all reference of the plot panel on focus.
90User can click on a plot panel or select a name of the plot panel in the corresponding
91combo box to set a plot panel on focus.
92</p>
93
94
95</body>
96</html>
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