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+.. data_explorer_help.rst
+
+.. This is a port of the original SasView html help file to ReSTructured text
+.. by S King, ISIS, during SasView CodeCamp-III in Feb 2015.
+
+.. _Loading_data:
+
+Loading Data
+============
+
+The data explorer
+-----------------
+
+*Data Explorer* is a panel that allows the user more interactions with data. 
+Some functionalities provided by the *Data Explorer* are also available through 
+the context menu of plot panels or other menus within the application.
+
+Under *View* in the menu bar, *Data Explorer* can be toggled between Show and 
+Hide by clicking *Show/Hide Data Explorer*.
+
+*NOTE! When* Data Explorer *is hidden, all data loaded will be sent directly 
+to the current active analysis perspective, if possible. When* Data Explorer *is
+shown, data go first to the* Data Explorer.
+
+.. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
+
+Loading data
+------------
+
+To load data, do one of the following:
+
+Select File -> Load Data File(s), and navigate to your data;
+
+Select File -> Load Data Folder, which will attempt to load all the data in the
+specified folder;
+
+Or, in the *Data Explorer* click the button *Load Data*, then select one or more
+(by holding down the Ctrl key) files to load into SasView.
+
+The name of each loaded file will be listed in the *Data Explorer*. Clicking the
+*+*  symbol alongside will display any available metadata read from the file.
+
+.. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
+
+The handy menu
+--------------
+
+Right-clicking on a loaded dataset (or model calculation, what SasView calls a 
+'theory') brings up a *Handy Menu* from which it is possible to access *Data Info*,
+*Save* the data/theory, or *Plot* the data/theory.
+
+.. image:: hand_menu.png
+
+.. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
+
+Activating data
+---------------
+
+To interact with data it must be activated. This is accomplished by checking 
+the box next to the file name in the *Data Explorer*. A green tick will appear.
+
+Unchecking/unticking a box deactivates that data set.
+
+There is also a combo box labeled *Selection Options* from which you can 
+activate or deactivate multiple data sets in one go.
+
+.. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
+
+Removing data
+-------------
+
+*WARNING!* Remove Data *will stop any data operations currently using the 
+selected data sets.*
+
+*Remove Data* removes all references to selected data from SasView.
+
+.. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
+
+Creating a new plot
+-------------------
+
+Click on the *New Plot* button to create a new plot panel where the currently
+selected data will be plotted.
+
+.. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
+
+Appending plots to a graph
+--------------------------
+
+This operation can currently only be performed on 1D data and plot panels
+containing 1D data.
+
+Click on the button *Append Plot To* to add selected data to a plot panel. Next
+to the button is a combo box containing the names of available plot panels.
+Selecting a name from this combo box will move that plot into focus.
+ 
+If a plot panel is not available, the combo box and button will be 
+disabled.
+
+2D Data cannot be appended to any plot panels.
+
+.. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
+
+Freezing the theory
+-------------------
+
+The *Freeze Theory* button generates data from the selected theory.
+
+*NOTE! This operation can only be performed when theory labels are selected in*
+*the Data panel.*
+
+.. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
+
+Sending data to applications
+----------------------------
+
+Click on the *Send To* button to send the currently selected data to one of the
+perspectives (for *Fitting*, *P(r) Inversion*, or *Invariant* calculation).
+ 
+The *Single*/*Batch* mode radio buttons only apply to the *Fitting* perspective.
+
+*Batch mode* provides serial (batch) fitting with one model function, that is, 
+fitting one data set followed by another. If several data sets need to be 
+fitted at the same time, use *Simultaneous* fitting under the *Fitting* 
+option on the menu bar.
+
+.. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
+
+.. note::  This help document was last changed by Steve King, 01May2015
