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Identifying the features Chapter 3
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 Using the keyboard – to select an item from the menu bar, hold down the Alt
key and press the letter which is underlined in the command required. For
example to use the Measure menu hold down Alt and press m. When a key is
used in this way it does not matter if it is upper or lower case; M and m both
work, for example.
 Using keyboard accelerators – to the right of a menu item name there may also
be a note of the accelerator for this item. This is a key or combination of keys
which can be used to by-pass the menus. For example, users can press Ctrl and
O together to select File-Open... without having to use the main menu and
drop down menu.
Clicking an item which ends with a row of dots (...) opens a dialogue. Items shown
in grey are those which are not currently available.
 Toolbar
The toolbar contains a selection of buttons for performing common operations.
Each button has an equivalent menu command. For example using the button
is equivalent to using the File-Open command.
To help users identify a button, a short tooltip description of its action is displayed
in the status bar when the cursor is moved over it.
As with the menu bar, if a button is not available it is shown “greyed out”.
 Measurement window
The Measurement window displays all the information for a measurement file.
Multiple measurement windows can be displayed at a time. The contents of the
display area change depending on which report tab is selected.
 Report tabs
Selecting a report tab displays the data for the selected record(s) in that format.
Malvern supplies standard reports that allow the user, among other things, to view
the list of records within a measurement file, view the measurement data and view
the size distribution as a graph and table. Custom reports can be designed using the
Report Designer.
Details on interpreting reports can be found in Chapter 6.
 Title bar
The title bar displays the file name of the currently selected measurement file.
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