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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>
8<li><a href="#handy">Handy menu</a></li>
9<li><a href="#active">Activate data</a></li>
10<li><a href="#remove">Remove data</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="#send">Send data to applications</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 toggled between Show and Hide
23by clicking the menu <b>Show/Hide Data Explorer</b>.
24</p>
25<p><b><font size=2>IMPORTANT!</font></b> When Data explorer is hidden, all the data loaded will
26be sent directly to the current active application, if possible. When data Explorer is shown
27data go first to the Data Explorer for the user to handle them later.
28</p>
29
30<h5><a name="load"><font color="blue">Load data</font></a></h5>
31<p>
32To Load data, click the button <b>Load Data</b>, then select one or more (holding Ctrl key)
33files to load into the application. In
34the list, the <b>Data</b> will be displayed as the name
35of each selected file.
36 Expending this data by clicking the <b>+</b> symbol
37will display available information about the data such as data title if exists.
38</p>
39
40
41<h5><a name="handy"><font color="blue">Handy menu</font></a></h5>
42<p>
43For a quick save/plot/3d-plot(2d only)/edit-mask(2d only), high-light the data/theory,
44 right-click, and select a proper item from the context menu.
45</p>
46
47<h5><a name="active"><font color="blue">Activate data</font></a></h5>
48<p>
49To interact with data, check a data label and click on a button. Checking Data
50make them active  for the button operation. Unchecking Data labels will
51deactivate them.
52</p>
53<p>
54There is a combo box labeled <b> Selection Options</b> that allows to activate
55or select multiple data simultaneously.
56</p>
57
58<h5><a name="remove"><font color="blue">Remove data</font></a></h5>
59<p>
60Remove data button  remove all reference of this data into the application.
61</p>
62<p>
63<font size=2><b>WARNING!</b></font> Remove data will stop any jobs
64currently using the selected data.
65</p>
66
67<h5><a name="append"><font color="blue">Append plot to graph</font></a></h5>
68<p>
69Click on the button <b>Append To</b> to append selected Data to a plot panel on
70focus. Next to this button is a combo box containing available panels names.
71Selecting a name from this combo box will set  the corresponding lot panel on
72focus. If not plot panel is available, the combo box and button will be disable.
732D Data cannot be appended to any plot panels . This operation can only be
74performed on 1D data and plot panels currently containing 1D data.
75</p>
76
77<h5><a name="new"><font color="blue">Create new plot</font></a></h5>
78<p>
79Click on <b>New Plot</b> button to create a new plot panel where selected data
80will be plotted.
81</p>
82
83<h5><a name="freeze"><font color="blue">Freeze theory</font></a></h5>
84<p>
85<b>Freeze Theory</b> button generate Data from selected theory. This operation
86can only be performed when theory labels are selected.
87</p>
88
89<h5><a name="send"><font color="blue">Send to application</font></a></h5>
90<p>
91Click on the button <b>Send To</b> to send Data to the current active control page.
92One of the single/batch mode can be selected only for Fitting. The batch mode provides
93serial (batch) fitting with one model, i.e., fitting one data by another data.
94Note that only the Fitting allows more that one data to be sent.
95
96</p>
97
98</body>
99</html>
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