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Applications
The Tools Menu
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The Tools Menu
The
Tools Menu
enables you to perform common data-related tasks such as
printing and averaging. Select a task from the drop down menu to initiate
that task.
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Figure 1-2. The Tools Menu
The Tools Menu, like the NAV Menu, uses context sensitive menus. The
following is the most common menu set.
Avg Forward
Enables you to average different readings together from this analysis
forward. Select
Avg Forward
to initiate future sample averaging.
Avg
Forward
will set up an automatic personal averaging protocol to be followed
until your analyzer is shut down, or this feature is disabled. To begin, select
the number of readings you want to average from the virtual numeric
keypad. Your analyzer will calculate an average reading after that number of
tests, and continue this pattern until stopped. For example, if you select 3
on the virtual keypad, the analyzer will automatically calculate, average, and
store a reading for every three tests you take, storing the individual readings
along the way.
Avg Back
Enables you to average different readings together from this analysis
backward. Select
Avg Back to initiate backwards sample averaging. Avg
Back will take a number of readings you select and average their analytical
results. The range is counted from the last reading backward by the number
Tools Menu - All Enabled
Tools Menu - All Disabled