Applied Biosystems 7900HT User Manual

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Step 6 – Saving the Plate Document as a Template
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Saving the Plate
Document as a
Template
(Optional)
IMPORTANT! Saving the plate document as a plate document template is an optional
step and recommended for instances where the document can be used to create
duplicate plate documents for a series of plates with identical assay configurations. If
you choose not to use your plate document as a plate document template, go to
“Configuring the Plate Document Information (Optional)” on page 3-28.
To save the plate document as an SDS 7900HT Template Document:
1. Select File > Save As.
2. In the Save in field of the Save As dialog box, navigate to the
AppliedBiosystems > SDS2.2.1 > Templates directory.
Note: By saving the file to the Templates directory, it becomes available from
the Template drop-down list in the New Document dialog box.
3. Select File of type > SDS 7900HT Template Document (*.sdt).
4. Click the File name field, and enter a name for the plate document template.
5. Click .
The software saves the plate document template.
6. If the software displays one or more warnings, read the note and click .
7. Select File > Close.
If the software prompts you to save the plate document, click .
The SDS software closes the plate document template.
8. Create a plate document from the plate document template as explained on
page 3-26.
To save the plate document template to the SDS Enterprise Database:
1. Select File > Save Template to Database.
2. In the Save Document as Template dialog box, click .
3. If the software displays one or more warnings, read the note and click .
4. In the Templa te Nam e field of the Save Template to Database dialog box, enter
a name for the plate document template (up to 128-characters), and click
.
5. Select File > Close.
If the software prompts you to save the plate document, click .
The SDS software closes the plate document template.
6. Create a plate document from the plate document template as explained on
page 3-26.

Applied Biosystems 7900HT Specifications

General

Brand	Applied Biosystems
Model	7900HT
Category	Laboratory Equipment
Language	English