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The Tools Toolbar

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The Tools toolbar provides buttons for data selection, masking, enlarging a portion of the axis scale, annotating, and drawing. Related tools are grouped and can be accessed from a popup menu when you click the button Image:Switchtool.png to the right of the toolbar button.

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Used in the default object selection mode.

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Enlarges a portion of the axis scale.

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Restores the axis scale values to their previous From and To values.

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Read the XY (and Z, if 3D or contour) location on the page.

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Read the XY (and Z) location of a data point.

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Attaches an editable, generic text object (reads "Annotation") adjacent to the selected data point. As you reposition the text object, an arrow is drawn from the text object to the selected data point.

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Attaches cursor objects at one or more points along a curve. You can place cursors on the same curve or on different curves, then use the Data Info window to display the relative position between cursors.

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Define a range of data.

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Select a region of the active data plot.

Keyboard Shortcuts:

  • Space bar controls rectangular/free-form shapes.
  • Tab controls active plot/multiple plots.
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Select a region of multiple data plots. Pressing the keyboard space bar toggles between rectangular and free-form selection modes.

Keyboard Shortcuts:

  • Space bar controls rectangular/free-form shapes.
  • Tab controls active plot/multiple plots.
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Mask points in the active data plot within the selected region.

Keyboard Shortcuts:

  • Space bar controls rectangular/free-form shapes.
  • Tab controls active plot/multiple plots.
  • Shift + Tab controls add/remove masked points.
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Mask points in all data plots within the selected region. Plots do not have to be grouped.

Keyboard Shortcuts:

  • Space bar controls rectangular/free-form shapes.
  • Tab controls active plot/multiple plots.
  • Shift + Tab controls add/remove masked points.
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Within the selected region, unmask points from the active data plot.

Keyboard Shortcuts:

  • Space bar controls rectangular/free-form shapes.
  • Tab controls active plot/multiple plots.
  • Shift + Tab controls add/remove masked points.
Image:Button_Unmask_On_All_Plots.png

Within the selected region, unmask points from the all data plots. Plots do not have to be grouped.

Keyboard Shortcuts:

  • Space bar controls rectangular/free-form shapes.
  • Tab controls active plot/multiple plots.
  • Shift + Tab controls add/remove masked points.
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Draw a data plot.

Image:Button_Text_Tool.png

Creates text objects.

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Panning.

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Insert word object.

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Insert excel object.

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Insert equation.

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Insert an object.

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Creates arrow objects.

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Creates curved arrow objects.

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Creates line objects.

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Creates a polyline. Click once to create an anchor point; double-click to end the line.

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Creates a free form line. Click and drag to create a line; release the mouse button to end the line.

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Creates a rectangle.

Image:Button_Circle_Tool.png

creates a circle/ellipse.

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creates a polygon.

Image:Button_Region_Tool.png

creates a freehand closed object (region). Click and drag to create a region; release the button to complete the object.

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Hold X key to enter tool, drag data to shift, mouse wheel to zoom. Cntrl+X to restrict X, Shift+X to restrict Y.