Vernier Spectro Pro - Manual (Page 6)

6 Spectro Pro
Retrieve an experiment.................................................................................................................................... 27
Print a graph or data table ............................................................................................................................. 27
Print the screen ............................................................................................................................................... 27
Set default file locations.................................................................................................................................. 27
TEACHER’S GUIDE ............................................................................................................................................ 29
S OFTWARE I NSTALLATION ..................................................................................................................................... 29
Required materials .......................................................................................................................................... 29
Initial setup...................................................................................................................................................... 29
Software installation Macintosh ..................................................................................................................... 30
Software installation Windows ........................................................................................................................ 30
Software installation (network) ....................................................................................................................... 30
I DEAS FOR USING S PECTRO P RO IN THE CLASSROOM .............................................................................................. 31
Experiment files are important! ...................................................................................................................... 31
Experiment files included with Spectro Pro.................................................................................................... 31
Protecting experiment files ............................................................................................................................. 31
Creating an experiment file............................................................................................................................. 32
Customizing Spectro Pro................................................................................................................................. 32
Using Spectro Pro on a network ..................................................................................................................... 32
Using Spectro Pro on stand-alone computers ............................................................................................... 32
SPECTRO PRO REFERENCE ............................................................................................................................ 33
K EYSTROKE E QUIVALENTS ................................................................................................................................... 33
T OOLBAR .............................................................................................................................................................. 33
C URSOR C ONTROLS ............................................................................................................................................... 34
Graph Window................................................................................................................................................. 34
Graph title ....................................................................................................................................................... 34
Tick mark labels .............................................................................................................................................. 34
Axis labels ....................................................................................................................................................... 34
Scroll arrows ................................................................................................................................................... 34
Axes ................................................................................................................................................................. 34
Graph options.................................................................................................................................................. 35
Selecting a graph............................................................................................................................................. 35
Table Window.................................................................................................................................................. 35
Select All/None ................................................................................................................................................ 35
Column properties........................................................................................................................................... 35
Column options ............................................................................................................................................... 35
Column order .................................................................................................................................................. 35
Edit cell contents ............................................................................................................................................. 35
Strikethrough Rows ......................................................................................................................................... 35
S PECTRO P RO M ENUS ........................................................................................................................................... 36
Apple menu ...................................................................................................................................................... 36
File menu......................................................................................................................................................... 36
Edit menu......................................................................................................................................................... 40
Experiment menu............................................................................................................................................. 41
Data menu ....................................................................................................................................................... 43
Analyze menu................................................................................................................................................... 47
View menu........................................................................................................................................................ 51
Setup menu ...................................................................................................................................................... 57
Window menu .................................................................................................................................................. 58
Help menu........................................................................................................................................................ 59
APPENDIX A TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE................................................................................................ 61