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5 Commissioning and First Operating Steps | 5.4 Acquiring an Image
Shortcut
Function
<CTRL + F>
Starts Auto Focus fine
<CTRL + SHIFT +
F>
Starts Auto Focus coarse
<CTRL + G>
Switches SEM Controls Panel ON
<CTRL + I>
Switches SEM Status Panel ON
<CTRL + M>
Switches to Annotation and inserts Point to Point Marker
<CTRL + ALT + M>
Enable/Disable the Movable Crosshairs Marker
<CTRL + ALT + F>
Enable/Disable Mouse Following for Movable Crosshairs Marker
<CTRL + O>
Calls the Import TIFF dialog
<CTRL + P>
Performs the Print Image function
<CTRL + S>
Calls the Export TIFF dialog to save the image
<CTRL + ALT + S>
Performs Auto Astigmatism Correction
<CTRL + SHIFT +
S>
Performs Auto Astigmatism Correction with Auto Focus
<CTRL + T>
Calls Text Annotation
<CTRL + V>
Displays the Vacuum status information
Keypad <+>
Faster Scan
Keypad <->
Slower Scan
ARROW Keys
Refer to Use of ARROW Keys
Image Buffer keys
Refer to Image Buffer
<SHIFT> and dou-
ble click
Performs Centre Point function
5.4 Acquiring an Image
Info
Mobile phones in the microscope room can cause image quality infringements and in worst
case workflow interruptions.
This section describes basic procedures to obtain an image using the SE detector. To simplify the
procedure, the description uses the SEM Controls panel and status bar functions in the SmartSEM
software.
The procedure consists of the following steps:
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Preparing the Specimen Holder [
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Loading the Specimen Chamber [
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