PicoQuant MultiHarp 150 - About Multiharp; Title and Comment Editor; Print Preview Dialog

PicoQuantGmbH MultiHarpSoftwareV.3.1.0.0
6.9. About MultiHarp… Dialog
Thisdialogprovidesversioninformationonthe MultiHarp softwareandhardware,thelatteronlyifitiscon-
nectedandoperational.ItcanbeopenedviatheHelpmenuorviathetoolbar.ThebuttonRequest Support
opensasmalltextviewerwindowthatprovidesalistingofMultiHarphardwareandsoftwareversionsthatyou
cancopyandpasteintoyoursupportenquiry.Thisinformationisveryimportantforadequatesupport.Support
requestswithoutthisinformationcannotbeprocessedandwillbedelayedbyreturnquestionsforthisinforma-
tion.Ifyoursystemisnotfunctionalatall,theminimuminformationyoumustprovideforsupportistheserial
numberofyourMultiHarp.Itcanbefoundatthebackofthehousing.Thedialogalsoprovidesbuttonsforlinks
torelevantwebpagesandabuttonforcheckingforanddownloadingsoftwareupdates.Notethatdownloading
asoftwareupdatedoesnotautomaticallyinstallit.Thedownloadscontainzipfilesthatmustbeunpackedand
installedmanually.Eventhoughupdatesaretypicallybringingimprovementsandbugfixes,pleasenotethatit
maynotalwaysbeadvisabletoblindlyinstallthelatestsoftware.Thisisthecaseespeciallywhenauseror
his/herlaboratoryhavedevelopedcustomsoftwarethatreliesonacertainfeatureoftheoldversionthatmay
havechanged.Updatesmaybreaksuchcompatibility.Therefore,alwayscarefullyreadthereleasenotesbefore
installingand/orensureasafefallback.
6.10. Title and Comment Editor
Youcanusethisdialogtoeditthefiletitle/comment.Itcanbeopenedviadouble–clickonthetitle,viatheFile
menuorviathePrint PreviewToolbar.Thetextyouenterherewillbestoredinthedatafile.Thefirstlinewillbe
displayedasthefiletitleabovethehistogramdisplayarea.Thetextyoucanenterhereislimitedto4linesand
255characters.Uponloadingofadatafile,thetitleandcommentwillalsoberetrieved.Itwillalsobeincludedin
prints,ifthecorrespondingcheckmarkissetinthepagesetupdialogboxavailablethroughtheFile menu.
6.11. Print Preview Dialog
UsethisDialogtopreviewthelayoutasitwouldappearwhenprinted.Whenyouchoosethiscommand,the
mainwindowwillbereplacedwithaprintpreviewwindowinwhichoneortwopageswillbedisplayedintheir
printedformat.Theprintpreviewdialogoffersthefollowingoptions:
Print
Bringuptheprintdialogboxtostartaprintjob.
Next Page
Previewthenextprintedpage.
Prev Page
Previewthepreviousprintedpage.
One Page / Two Page
Previewoneortwoprintedpagesatatime.
Zoom In
Takeacloserlookattheprintedpage.
Zoom Out
Takealargerlookattheprintedpage.
Page Setup
Changethelayoutoftheprintedpage.
Close
Returnfromprintpreviewtotheeditingwindow.
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