Dako Autostainer Plus - Manual (Page 59)

Dako Autostainer Plus | User Guide 59
4. Select the desired Auto program file name. The Auto program is inserted where indicated
in step 3 above.
5. If the Auto Program does not contain a primary antibody a message box appears
prompting: “Assign to all following slides”.
Click YES to assign this Auto Program to all unprogrammed slides.
Click NO to assign Auto Program to only this slide.
NOTE: (Skip) is the first item in the Auto Program list. To leave a slide unprogrammed,
select (Skip) from the Auto Program list.
6. Select Program. Program changes to Auto and exits the Auto program function.
7. After selecting NEXT, the PROGRAMMING GRID will be checked for missing rinses. If
there is a rinse missing between two reagents, a message will ask if you want to continue.
Select YES and a dialog box prompts “save the program on disk?” if the program is new,
otherwise the PRINT SLIDE LABELS window is displayed.
Select NO to return to the PROGRAMMING GRID and the missing rinse will appear on
the screen.
Getting Help with Auto Programming
1. Select Auto from the menu bar in the PROGRAMMING GRID:PROGRAM STAINING
RUN screen.
2. Select Help from the Auto menu. Help for Auto Program is displayed.
Copy/Paste
The Copy feature copies reagents from one slide to another during slide programming.
Copy/Paste Individual Reagents
1. Select Copy from the menu bar on the PROGRAMMING GRID. The word Copy changes
to Select.
2. Move the mouse pointer over the tiles to be copied. As the pointer is moved, hold the left
mouse button down, multiple items may be selected and highlighted. Entire rows and/or
parts of rows and columns can be copies at a time.
NOTE: When copying individual reagents, be sure to select the rinse following each step.
3. Release the left mouse button after all the desired items are highlighted. The word Select
changes to Paste.
4. Move the mouse pointer to the slide(s) where the items are to be pasted and press the
left mouse button. The copied reagents are inserted for the selected slides. For previously
assigned rows a dialog box “COPY OVER STEPS ALREADY PROGRAMMED?”
appears.
NOTE: Copied sections can only be pasted under the same heading and cannot be
pasted over areas that are currently highlighted.
5. Select Paste on the main menu to deactivate the Copy function.