Program Organization

Analysis stores the complete set of all relevant data in a set of files. Data are only saved when you press save, so you can always quit without problems. There is an optional automatic backup system. You can always kill a popup or window without causing any catastrophes.

Now we have seen some basic operations, we can look at how commands are organized. As you see, things can often be done in more than one way, popups can be reached from several places, and parameters - for peak picking, display, spectrum loading - are set automatically to sensible values. Still, everything can be viewed and modified in detail. The top menu mirrors the conceptual organization of the program. For instance things to do with spectra are under M: Experiments and things to do with display under M: Window. For some things you might want to look in both places. 

In any menu, options marked by a spanner are for viewing and editing the underlying data. Try looking at the following, both for an overview and for some popups we have already seen:

M: Experiments: Spectra: {Spectra}

M: Experiments: Spectra: {Referencing}

M: Experiments: Experiments:{Experiments}

M: Experiments: Experiments:{Experiment Types}

M: Window: Windows: {Windows & Axes}

Popups for setting options are shown by crossed tools. Try looking at M: Peak: Peak Finding and M: Peak: Draw Parameters to see what you can do with peak handling. General program options are under M: Project: Preferences.

The other main types of popups can be seen on the M: Assignment menu. Tools are shown with cogwheels - grey ones are lightweight or general purpose, while blue ones are complex special-purpose operations. The colored squares icon is for data display and graphs. We will be getting to some of these later.

The right mouse button in the graphics window has its own set of options, that work off the cursor position or the currently selected peaks. This is often the best way to access operations that have to do with peak assignment, navigation, and display.

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