FAST ComTec MCA4A, User Manual

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MPANT Software
A toolbar provides fast access to many used functions in the menu. A status bar at the bottom gives help
about the meaning of the toolbar icons. A cursor appears when clicking the left mouse button inside the
graphics area. The cursor can be moved using the arrow keys. To get rid of the cursor, make a double click
with the right mouse button outside the graphics area. To define a region, press the right mouse button, and
while keeping the button pressed, drag a rectangle. In zoomed state a scroll bar appears that allows scrolling
through the spectrum.
In the following the several menu functions are described together with the corresponding toolbar icons.
5.1 File Menu
Load..., Add..., Save Display As..., Save MPA As...
These menu items provide the usual functions for loading and saving data, either a complete data set when
loading or saving a .MPA data file, or separated spectra when loading or adding a .MP data file. The 'Load'
function creates then a new spectrum for compare, whereas the 'Add' functions adds the data to the
spectrum selected by the active window. For saving a selected spectrum into a seperated file, click on the
respective display window and select “Save Display As..” from the MPANT File menu. If you want to have the
data file seperated from the header containing the configuration, first open the data operations dialog using
the toolbar icon showing the 4 yellow diskettes, select “Selected Spectra” and check “Seperate Header” as
shown in Fig. 4.3.When saving data, you have the choice between several formats like binary (.DAT), ASCII
(.ASC), GANAAS (.SPE), EMSA (.emsa) and CSV (.CSV) format by selecting it from “Save type As...”. To
read a CSV file with Excel, load it as a text file and configure TAB characters as seperators.
When you load data, select a header file (extension .MP). This file contains the information about the size
and format of the data file, which is then automatically read. With “Add” the data is added to the present data.
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Fig. 5.2: MPANT Map and Isometric display