Bio-Rad DCode™ Universal Mutation Detection System - Manual (Page 3)

Table of Contents
Section 1 Installation ....................................................................................................1
1.1 About this Manual......................................................................................................1
1.2 The Software Installation Disks.................................................................................1
1.3 WinMelt System Requirements .................................................................................1
1.4 MacMelt System Requirements.................................................................................1
1.5 WinMelt Installation on Windows 3.1x Systems ......................................................1
1.6 WinMelt Installation on Windows 95 and Windows NT Systems ...........................2
1.7 MacMelt Installation on 680x0 and Power Macintosh Systems...............................2
1.8 Registration and Technical Support...........................................................................2
Section 2 Program Overview.......................................................................................3
Section 3 Quick Tutorial ..............................................................................................4
3.1 How to Start the Program...........................................................................................4
3.2 Importing a Sequence.................................................................................................4
3.3 Duplicating a Sequence..............................................................................................5
3.4 Editing a Sequence .....................................................................................................5
3.5 Printing a Sequence....................................................................................................7
3.6 The Melting Profile Graph .........................................................................................7
3.7 Editing the Graph Axis...............................................................................................7
3.8 Printing the Graph Exporting the Graph....................................................................8
3.9 Exporting a Sequence, Melt Profile Data, and Graph ...............................................8
3.10 Saving the Project.......................................................................................................8
Section 4 Using WinMelt/MacMelt for Denaturing Gradient
Gel Electrophoresis............................................................................9
Section 5 The Project View ........................................................................................13
Section 6 The Sequence Display................................................................................14
Section 7 The Graph View .........................................................................................15
Section 8 Menu Descriptions .....................................................................................18
8.1 File Menu..................................................................................................................18
8.2 Edit Menu .................................................................................................................19
8.3 Sequence Menu ........................................................................................................20
8.4 Graph Menu..............................................................................................................21
8.5 View Menu ...............................................................................................................22
8.6 Window Menu..........................................................................................................22
8.7 Help Menu................................................................................................................23
Section 9 Toolbar Descriptions..................................................................................23
Section 10 Troubleshooting..........................................................................................25
Section 11 References ...................................................................................................26