Cosmed Quark PFT, Manual

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Software main features
Display
The program may contain several windows. The active window is highlighted with a
different colour of the caption. Some functions of the program are "active window"
sensitive (Print, right key of the mouse).
Tool bar
Many of the functions that may be selected from the menu can be activated more
rapidly by clicking with the mouse on the corresponding icon in the tool bar.
Positioning the mouse cursor on one of the buttons of the toolbar (if the option Hints is
enabled), the description of the corresponding function is shown in a label.
Show/hide the toolbar
Select Toolbar from Options menu in order to show or hide the toolbar.
Dialog windows
The typical operating environment of Microsoft Windows is the Dialog box. This
window is provided with a series of fields in which input the information.
Use of the keyboard
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To move the cursor among fields, press the Tab key until you reach the desired
field.
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Press the Enter key to confirm the information input on the dialog box or press the
Esc key to cancel changes.
Use of the mouse
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To move the cursor among fields, move the mouse on the desired field and left-
click.
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Click on the OK button with the Left button of the mouse to confirm the
information input on the dialog box or click on Cancel button to cancel changes.
Scroll bars
Some windows are provided with scroll bars that help to see data exceeding the window
space available.
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To move the scroll bar row by row click the scroll arrows at the end of the scroll
bars
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To move the scroll bar page by page click on the grey area at both sides of the
scroll fields
On-line help
COSMED Quark Help is a complete on-line reference tool that you can use at any time.
Help is especially useful when you need information quickly or when the Quark user
manual is not available. Help contains a description of each command and dialog box,
and explains many procedures for accomplishing common tasks.
To get the Help on line, press the
F1 key.
Software version
To know the software version and the serial number of the software, select About
Quark PFT… from Help menu.