Measurement Computing PostView - Manual (Page 7)

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Secondary (Display) Toolbars
Each Scope Display has its own toolbar, which is illustrated in the previous and following figures.
Secondary (Display) Toolbar Items
Item # Item Description
1 Select Used to select and reposition cursors.
2 Zoom-Box The Zoom-Box function allows you to draw a box around an area that you desire to zoom-in
on. This results in new x and y coordinates for the scope display.
3 Zoom-In Each click of the plus-magnifier image results in a zoom-in.
4 Zoom-Out Each click of the minus-magnifier image results in a zoom-out.
5 Zoom-In on Cursor Zooms in to the area around the cursor.
6 Auto-Scale X-Axis Automatically adjusts the X-axis.
7 Auto-Scale Y-Axis Automatically adjusts the Y-axis.
8 Axis Scroll Allows simultaneous scrolling of both axes.
9 Axes Zoom After clicking “Axes Zoom” you can click in one of three areas of a scope display to zoom in
or out on the: y-axis, x-axis, or both (when you click within the display region, instead of x or
y specifically).
x-axis: click and drag “right” to zoom-out; “left” to zoom-in.
y-axis: click and drag “up” to zoom-out; “down” to zoom-in.
x-axis and y-axis simultaneously: right and/or up to zoom-out; left and/or down to zoom-in.
10 Lock Axes When pushed-in, the lock axes function overrides auto and manual scaling. This keeps the
current X and Y-axis locked-in-place when new acquisitions begin.
When Lock Axes is inactive, auto and manual-scaling function normally.
11 Print Preview Opens a Print Preview window which allows you to view and print the display.
12 Print Prints the display.
13 Save Plot as A Windows-type save feature in regard to where to save, naming the file, and selecting the
file type (.bmp, .gif., .jpg. .dat, etc.)
14 Edit Display Accesses the Options Dialog Box for changing display preferences. (See pgs. 4 and 5)
Pull-Down Menus
File Menu
New
Used to reset and close all displays.
Open File …
Used to locate and open saved files for View applications, e.g., WaveView, DaqView, Personal DaqView,
LogView, ChartView, and DaqCOM2.
File extensions are as follows:
.IO$ ChartView
.DC2 DaqCOM2
.dsc WaveView, DaqView, Personal DaqView, and LogView
Exit
This menu item closes the PostView application.