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** File: Base8.hlp
** Index: 18
** File Menu for Base View
█ File menu
The File Menu contains commands
that let you open and save files, save a
configuration to disk, print a data file,
and export data.
█ New
The File|New menu item contains two
menu commands: Data Sheet and Plot.
■ Data Sheet: This command creates a
sheet window.
■ Plot: This command creates a plot
window.
█ Open
The File|Open menu item contains two
menu commands: Data Sheet and Plot.
■ Data Sheet: This command loads a
TechPlot Data file.
■ Plot: This command loads a TechPlot
Graph file.
█ Import Data
The File|Import Data menu item has a
pop-up menu (or a sub-menu) which contains
the following commands: ASCII, Lotus, DIF,
dBase, Excel, and QuattroPro. These
commands allow you to import data from the
above listed file formats.
■ ASCII
An ASCII data file is a text file with
tab, space or "," delimiters between
numbers. The first non-numeric line is
considered as the column names for data
columns. The keywords "MOREDATA" and
"ENDDATA" can be used to handle large
number of data columns.
Here is a sample ASCII data file:
X, Y, Z
0.1 2.5 -0.8
0.2 -0.l 1.2
0.3 -0.9 2.7
MOREDATA
W1, W2
4.3 12.3
0.5 21.9
2.1 35.2
ENDDATA
■ Lotus
TechPlot can import Lotus file format
for Lotus 1-2-3, version 1, 1A and 2.0.
■ DIF
DIF stands for the Data Interchange
Format proposed by Lotus Development
Corporation.
■ dBase
TechPlot can import Ashton-Tate's
dBase file format for dBase release II,
III, and IV.
■ Excel
TechPlot can import Microsoft's Excel
file format for MS Excel version 2 and 3.
■ QuattroPro
TechPlot can import Borland'
QuattroPro file format for Quattro Pro
version 2.0.
█ DOS Shell
The File|DOS Shell command allows you
temporarily exit TechPlot to the DOS
command line. To return to TechPlot, type
EXIT and press <Enter>.
Don't run any Terminate and Stay
Resident (TSR) programs while you have
shelled to DOS, because memory may get
misallocated.
If you have to run a TSR program from
the DOS shell, please remember to remove
it from memory before exiting back to
TechPlot.
█ Exit
The File|Exit command exits TechPlot,
removes it from memory, and returns you
to the DOS command line. If you have made
any changes that you have not saved,
TechPlot asks you if you want to save them
or not before exiting.