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MU Series (Windows)
User’s Manual
Options Menu Functions
Options Menu
The “Options” menu is a drop down section containing various sets of parameters that can be adjusted to
change the behavior of the software, from default file types to default save directories, color palette lists, and
saved magnifications and calibration settings. These available sections will each be covered in more detail on
the following pages.
Preferences... - The “Preferences...” option brings up a series of menus that allows you to alter the core behav -
ior of the AmScope/ToupView software, such as file paths and types to save files in, grids, cursor behavior, and
more.
Measurement... - The “Measurement...” option opens a series of menus allowing changing of the label colors,
significant figures, and other various options regarding how measurement tool outputs are displayed.
Magnification... - The “Magnification...” option will open a list of all the currently saved magnification options.
Calibrate... - The “Calibrate...” tool allows a user to use a micrometer slide or ruler (any unit of known mea -
surement visible through the microscope) to tell the software how many pixels (px) are in a unit of known
measurement (inches, millimeters, microns), allowing the software to extrapolate real distances in a sample at
a given magnification. This process is covered in more detail in its own section, as it is a frequently asked ques -
tion.
Edit Dye List... - The “Dye List” is the list of stains commonly used and their emissions and excitation baries, as
well as the color spectrum. This allows a user to add their own stains to the list, useful when using post pro -
cessing and individual color channeling to enhance contrast results in an image.
Auto Correction... - This menu option brings up the automatic setting adjustments, allowing a user to adjust
how aggressively the automatic functions behave.