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General conventions, Variable toggle button, Copy and paste – MTS Multipurpose Elite User Manual

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Description

Item

Item

Shows status information about events, such as logging into
the application, defining and setting up projects, and loading

Application Log

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and running tests. The application stamps each message
with the generation date and time. You can type notes into
the Application Log. Messages persist from one session to
another.

General Conventions

Variable Toggle Button

The Numeric-Variable or Item-Variable toggle button appears next to some entry boxes on the Properties
Panel. The following table indicates the icon and its meaning. Click the button to toggle between two entry
options.

Variable Toggle Buttons

Description

Icon

Variable selection; click to select or enter a variable.

Item selection; click to select an item from the drop-down menu.

Direct numeric entry; click to enter a numeric value.

Copy and Paste

You can copy tabular data, charts, chart data, functions, and variables to the clipboard.

Charts

To copy a chart or test control, right-click the item and click Copy or Copy Image to the Clipboard.

Chart data

To copy data values from a chart instead of the chart image, right-click the chart and click Copy Values
to the Clipboard
.

Tabular data

To copy an entire log or table, right-click the item, click Select All, and press Ctrl+c to copy or Ctrl+x to
cut, or right-click again and click Copy.

To copy a single row of a log or table, double-click the row to select it, right-click at the same location, and
select Copy.

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