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1<html>
2<body>
3
4<h4>Graph Menu</h4>
5<ul>
6<li><a href="#intro">Introduction</a></li>
7<li><a href="#reset">Reset Graph</a></li>
8<li><a href="#hide">Hide/Show/Delete Graph</a></li>
9<li><a href="#save">Save plot Image</a></li>
10<li><a href="#savedata">Save Data</a></li>
11<li><a href="#drag">Drag plot</a></li>
12<li><a href="#select">Select Data</a></li>
13<li><a href="#zoom">Zoom In/Out</a></li>
14<li><a href="#remove">Remove Data</a></li>
15<li><a href="#scale">Change Scale</a></li>
16<li><a href="#linearfit">Linear Fit</a></li>
17<li><a href="#modify">Other Graph Modifications</a></li>
18</ul>
19
20<h5><a name="intro">Introduction</a></h5>
21<p> 
22        Locating the pointer and right-clicking on a data/theory plot will bring a context menu.
23        On the menu, select a menu item.
24</p>
25
26<h5><a name="reset">Reset Graph</a></h5>
27<p>
28        To reset the graph's axis range, right click on the plot and the context menu pops-up.
29        Select <b>Reset Graph</b> and the plot will take its initial range.
30        Also the 'home' icon in tool bar will do the same.
31</p>
32
33<h5><a name="hide">Hide/Show/Delete Graph</a></h5>
34<p>
35        To Hide, click the Hide (closed eye) button in the tool bar.<br>
36        To Show, select the the 'Show' menuitem in the 'Graph' menu in the menu bar.<br>
37        To Delete, click the 'x' button in the title bar.<br>
38        Note: If a residuals graph (in Fitting) is hidden, it will not show up after computation.
39</p>
40
41<h5><a name="save"> Save Plot Image</a></h5>
42<p>
43        Right click on plot. Context menu will pop-up select save image [file name].A dialog
44        window opens and write a the name of the file to save and click on <b>Save Image.</b>
45</p>
46
47<h5><a name="savedata"> Save Data</a></h5>
48<p>
49        From the context menu, select 'Save points as a file' for 1D, or 'Save as a file(DAT)'
50        for 2D. Note that two formats, txt and xml, are available in 1D saving.
51</p>
52
53
54<h5><a name="drag"> Drag Plot</a></h5>
55<p>
56Select the <b>crossed arrows</b>  button on the plot panel <b>toolbar </b> to drag the plot.
57To disable dragging mode, unselect the same button on the toolbar.
58</p>
59
60<h5><a name="remove">Remove data from plot</a></h5>
61<p>
62        Highlight the plot and the context menu appears.Select <b>remove [file name]</b>.
63        The plot selected will disappear.
64</p>
65
66<h5><a name="zoom">Zoom In/Out</a></h5>
67<p>
68 Select the <b>rectangle</b>  button on the plot panel <b>toolbar </b> to zoom in
69 a region of the plot.
70</p>
71<p>
72To disable zoom mode, unselect the same button on the toolbar.
73After zoom in a region, select <b>left arrow</b> or <b>right arrow</b>button on the toolbar
74to set the graph the the previous size.
75If a mouse wheel button is available, <b>zoom in/out</b> by scrolling the mouse wheel
76 ( see 'Key combination' help for details).
77</p>
78<h5><a name="scale">Change Scale</a></h5>
79<p>
80        If the loaded data is a 1-D data.Changing scale or Data Representation will work as
81        followed:<b>right click</b> on the plot window.
82        A context menu pops-up  and select <b>Change Scale</b>. A dialog window titled<b>
83        select the scale of the graph</b> will pop-up then change the <b>x</b>, the <b>y</b>
84        and the <b>view </b> values as wish.
85        If the loaded data  is an image.<b>Right click</b> on the image to pop-up the context
86        menu. Select <Toggle linear/Log scale> to switch from linear to log scale. The scale
87        selected is printed on the statusbar.
88       
89</p>
90
91<h5><a name="linearfit">Linear Fit</a></h5>
92<p>
93        Linear fit is to perform a line model fitting keeping the scale of the plot.
94        Highlight data to fit.
95        From the context menu
96        select <b> Linear Fit</b>.A dialog window appears.
97        Change model initial parameters, data limits
98        and hit <b> fit</b> button.
99        New parameters values are displayed and the line with the new
100        parameters is added to the plot.
101</p>
102
103<h5><a name="modify">Other Graph Modifications</a></h5>
104<p>
105        Some custom modifications of the symbols, text, axis, etc of the graph are provided
106</p>
107</body>
108</html>
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