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Visible:Thisfieldallowsyoutodeterminewhichtraceswillappearontheselected
graph.Clickinthiscolumntoplaceaticknexttothetraceyouwanttoappearonthe
graph.Clickagaintoremovetheticknexttothetrace.
Ifyouareinsinglegraphview,allselectedtraceswillappearontheonegraph.Ifyou
areinMultiGraphview,thetraceswillappearonthegraphthatiscurrentlyselected.
Color:Thisshowsthecolorinwhichthetracewillbedisplayedinthegraphbox.The
redtraceinanygraphboxistheoneonwhichallinformationappearsandtheoneused
forthecursortracking.Itiscalledthefocusedtraceanditisalwaysred.
ClickingonatraceintheColorcolumnwillcausethattracetobecomethefocusedtrace
intheselectedgraphbox.Youcanalsochangethecolorofanytrace(whenitisnotthe
focusedtrace),fromtheTracePreferencesmenu.
WhenyouchangethetracelinewidthintheGraphPreferencedialogbox,italso
willchangethewidthofthecolortracelineinthiswindow.
NameofTrace:Thisfieldcontainsadescriptionofthetracescurrentlyavailablefor
displayintheselectedgraphbox.Ifatraceisnotalreadytickedasvisible,youcanclick
toactivatethisproperty.Right-clickinginthiscolumndisplaysthe
TracePreferences
menu
.Thismenuallowsyoutochangesomeofthepropertiesofthetraces,aswellas
hiding,displayingordeletingcertaintraces.
Youcanresizethe“NameofTrace”and“File”namefieldsbyselectinganddragging
thesplitterbarbetweenthefields.
FileName:Thisfielddisplaysthefilenameandpathofthetrace.Ifthenameistoolong
toappearinthefield,youcanusethearrowkeystoscrolltotheendofthefilenameor
youcanmaximizetheTracePreferenceswindow.Ifthefilepathforatraceshows'not
saved',thetraceisunsaveddataandisonlystoredinmemory.
TraceAuditLog:Thisfielddisplaysinformationaboutthetracethatishighlighted.It
includesinstrumentparametersanddataforminformationrelatingtothetracethat
hasbeenselected.Whenmorethanonetraceishighlighted,thisdisplaysinformation
onthetracethatwaslastselected.
SelectTraces:Thedrop-downarrowrevealsanycolumnsyouhavecreatedinthe
User
DataForm
.Youcanselecttracesbasedonanyofthecolumnsyouhavecreated.
3) GraphPreferences
Thisdialogboxallowsyoutochangetheappearanceofyourgraph.GraphPreferences
isaccessiblefromtheGraphmenu,byright-clickingonatraceorbyclicking
Graph
preferences
icononthetoolbar.AllgraphswillappearlabeledwiththeXaxislabel
beinghorizontalandtheYaxisvertical.Youcannotchangetheorientationofthese
labels.However,youcanalterthefontandsizeoftheaxesandtheirlabels.Anychanges
youmaketotheappearanceofthegraphwillapplytoallgraphsuntilthesettingsare
changedagain.
StandardTab:Thistaballowsyoualterthewayyourgraphappearsonscreen.Youcan
viewthechangesyoumakebeforeacceptingtheminthePreviewbox.