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To position signals in the signal list
1. Do one of the following:
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To sort the signals in ascending order per column, click one of the
column headers in the signal list. If you click the same column header
again, the signals are sorted in descending order.
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To move one or more signals to a specific position in the signal list, drag
and drop the selected signals to this position. The new position is indic-
ated by a blue line. When ordering the signals manually, the sorting
mechanism gets inactive.
To know how you can copy the signal name and other meta information to other
applications, see "Reusing the Signal Name in Other Applications" on page102.
To change the number of decimals
1. In the signal list, select one or more signals (except enumerations or
Boolean signals).
2. In the toolbar, click one of the following icons:
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To show more decimal places, click .
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To show fewer decimal places, click .
The number of decimals is adapted accordingly for all cursor values in the
signal list. The cursor values are also adapted within the cursor's tooltips.
5.2.2.3 Zooming
To adapt the value or time axis ranges for the best representation of your data,
MDA provides several zoom possibilities.
You can perform the following actions:
"To define the zoom area" below
"To show the full time range" on the next page
"To zoom to fit signals" on the next page
To define the zoom area
To see how you can zoom, synchronize, and scroll in instruments, watch our
video Navigating in Instruments.
1. Press either CTRL and the left mouse button or just the right mouse button.
2. While keeping the button pressed, move the cursor along a value axis or
along the time axis.
Depending on the mouse movement, the zooming is performed as follows:
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Time zoom (horizontal movement)
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Value axis zoom (vertical movement)
The selected zoom area is highlighted.
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