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98 BD FACSAria User’s Guide
Setting Up a Sort Layout
Sort layouts can be added to tubes or global worksheets.
• Create tube-specific layouts if you are sorting different populations or using
different sort devices for each tube in the experiment.
• Create global worksheet–specific layouts if you are sorting the same
populations into the same sort device for all tubes in the experiment.
NOTE To create a tube-specific sort layout, make sure a normal worksheet
(white tab) is shown in the Worksheet window before you create the layout.
1 Select the icon for a tube or global worksheet in an open experiment, and
click the New Sort Layout button on the Browser toolbar ( ).
2 In the Sort Layout window, select the type of device from the Device menu.
Default sorting devices are listed along with any defined custom devices.
The Sort Layout window changes depending on the selected device: the
number of rows and columns in the window matches the number of tubes,
wells, or spots in the collection device.
3 Select the sort precision mode from the Precision menu.
For more information, see Sort Precision Modes on page 75.
4 Enter the number of events to be sorted in the Target Events field.
Once entered, the number of events can be selected from the Target Events
menu. For continuous sorting, select Continuous from the Target Events
menu.
5 Choose Save Sort Reports option from drop-down menu. There are three
choices for saving the sort report:
• Save None—Sort Reports are not saved.
• Save All—Automatically saves sort report each time the sort is stopped.