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Operating Instructions — Analyze and Process Data
4500 Series of Instruments System User Guide
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• To skip to the next sample in the data file, click the icon with the arrow pointing to the
right.
• To skip to a non-sequential sample, click the icon with the arrow curving to the right.
• In the Select Sample dialog, in the Sample list, select the sample.
• To go to the previous sample in the data file, click the icon with the arrow pointing to
the left.
Show Experimental Conditions
The experimental conditions used to collect data are stored in the data file with the results. The
information contains the details of the acquisition method used: the MS acquisition method (that
is, the number of periods, experiments and cycles) including instrument parameters, and HPLC
device method (LC pump flow rate). In addition, it also contains the MS resolution and mass
calibration tables used for the sample acquisition. Table 10-1 shows the software functionality
available when the user views the file information.
• Click Explore > Show > Show File Information .
The File Information pane opens below the graph.
Note: If data is acquired from more than one sample into the same .wiff file, the file
information pane will not refresh automatically as the user scrolls through the samples.
Close the file information pane and then reopen it to view the details for the next sample
in the .wiff file.
Tip! To create an acquisition method from the file information pane, right-
click the file information pane and then click Save Acquisition Method.
Table 10-1 Right-Click Menu for Show File Information Pane
Menu Function
Copy Copies the selected data.
Paste Pastes data.
Select All Selects all the data in the pane.
Save To File Saves data in an .rtf file.
Font Changes the font.
Save Acquisition Method Saves the acquisition method as .dam file.
Save Acquisition Method to
CompoundDB
Opens the Specify Compound Information dialog.
Select the IDs and molecular weights to be saved in the
compound database.
Delete Pane Deletes the pane.