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option is used with high count rates.
View Menu
“Show New User Hints” enables/disables the New User Hints Bar, which displays a sentence or two briefly
describing the function for any display or control the mouse cursor is currently over. Disabling (i.e., unchecking)
this menu item hides the New User Hints Bar, making the Spectrum Display slightly larger.
“Show Hints” enables/disables displays of small pop-up windows containing very brief description of a control
or display when the cursor is over it for longer than one second.
The “Show Trace as…” menu item opens a sub-menu allowing the chart trace to be displayed as a line, as
points, as a line with points (the default), bars, or as an area graph.
The next three menu items (“Chart Background Color…”, “Chart Trace Color…” and “Chart Labels Color…”
allow the referenced display colors to be altered. The “Reset to Default Colors” menu item restores URSA-II
MCS visual settings to the “first use” state. The default colors were selected to reduce eyestrain, especially on
large monitors, but may not be ideal for all users or purposes (e.g., printing). Use common sense in applying
different colors. For example, if the Chart Background color is set to be the same as the Chart Trace color, the
display will appear blank.
Help
The “Help…” menu item opens the URSA-II MCA Help file. (Note: The Help file has not yet been distributed as
of URSA-II MCA version 2.0.2)