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Edit Menu
Plots that have been loaded or acquired in TimeLab may be displayed with a variety of options and
transforms. However, any global changes to the measurement data or display parameters associated
with a specific plot must be made through the commands in the Edit menu.
Trace properties ( e )
As seen above, the Edit → Trace properties ( e ) dialog lets you change various properties
associated with the selected plot that determine how its measurement data is
presented. These properties were assigned their initial values in the acquisition dialog
before the measurement began.
Like the various instrument-specific dialogs on the Acquire menu, the trace-properties
dialog will typically vary from the image shown above. The dialog has extensive
“mouseover help” text that is maintained alongside TimeLab itself, so the individual
fields will not be described here at length. Simply position your cursor over each field to
learn more about it.
Some areas of the dialog may be disabled depending on the data type(s) available in the
selected plot, as well as on the status of particular dialog controls. Also, certain
properties – including the controls in the
Frequency Stability area that determine the
bin configuration for Allan deviation and other statistical measurements -- cannot be
edited while acquisition is in progress. If you didn’t enter the desired values in the
Figure 32: Editing the properties of the selected trace