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Window and Help Menus
The Window Menu provides options to manage the
graphics and text windows displayed by Xtremes. The following
options are available:
Change Coordinates
Restore Coordinates
Edit Contents
Clear Window
Export Picture
Tile Vertically
Tile Horizontally
Cascade
Arrange Icons
Close all Windows
Index
Help on Help
About Xtremes
Change Coordinates
The option Change Coordinates is used to change
the coordinate system and the distance between ticks
and markers on the axes. The actual dialog box is different
for univariate and multivariate plots.
Change Coordinates (univariate)
A new coordinate system is defined by entering values
for from and to for the x-axis
and the y-axis. Note that you can change
the coordinates visually by activating
the Coordinate Changing Mouse Mode in
the toolbar.
The previous coordinate system is saved; it can be
restored by executing Restore
Coordinates.
Select the option Display Frame to display the coordinate
system on a rectangle around the plot area. The size of the
frame is determined by executing
Frame Size.
The number and the spacing of the ticks and markers displayed
along the axes is selected automatically. You can provide your
own values if you select the option User defined markers.
Change Coordinates (multivariate)
A new coordinate system is defined by entering values
for from and to for the three axes.
Four options are available for plotting the coordinate system:
Labels for the axes are defined within the Label fields.
Select the option z-axis locked to fix the z-axis
when the plot is rotated using
the Coordinate Changing Mouse Mode within
the toolbar.
The number and the spacing of the ticks and markers displayed
along the axes is selected automatically. You can provide your
own values if you select the option User defined markers.
Restore Coordinates
The coordinate system is restored to the settings
before the last change. Xtremes stores all changes of a
coordinate system, so you can return to the default
size by executing the option repeatedly.
Edit Contents
This option gives a list of all curves in the active window. Use this
function to change colors and line styles of plotted curves, or to
remove curves from the active graphics window. One can also change
parameters of displayed curves. The following options are provided:
Choose color and line style of the selected curve by marking
the corresponding radio button. Select also the length of the line and
the gap when
choosing a dotted, dashed or dashed-dotted line. Specify the number of
supporting points the
curve shall consist of and the line thickness by entering the values in
the pertaining edit fields. One can also select a certain plot mode.
For histograms, one can select colors, histogram style and fill style as
well as total size and position by selecting the corresponding radio
buttons.
Clear Window
Deletes all objects from the active window.
Export Picture
The Export Picture menu provides options to export
a graphics window. The following options are
available:
Copy to Clipboard
The contents of the active graphics window are copied to the Windows
clipboard in the standard bitmap format. One can select the
width and height of the generated bitmap.
Use this option if you want to insert the exported pictures into
painting programs or word processors.
For best results,
it may be preferable to produce postscript files.
This is achieved by installing a postscript printer driver
and printing to a file. See Demo A.2. in Statistical Analysis for
details.
Create EPS File
The content of the active window can be exported using the
Encapsulated Postscript (EPS) format.
Select the size of the actual plot area and the frame size
for coordinates and labels.
The Preview option displays the picture with the
specified sizes on the screen.
The EPS format is recommended for pictures which are
included in a LaTeX document. Several packages
are available for that purpose. We show in which manner
a test.eps file is inserted in a LaTeX document using
the epsf package.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{epsf}
\begin{document}
...
\epsfxsize=72mm \epsfbox{test.eps}
...
\end{document}
Hereby the loaded illustration is scaled to a horizontal
size of 72mm (likewise, take 7.2cm). If the preparations are
done with the Metric Frame Size facility, then the standard
scaling should be equal to the plotarea + frame width.
Printer Setup
This command displays the system Printer Setup dialog box
where you select which printer
you want to use for printing.
You can also control options of the printer like paper sizes
from the dialog box.
Print
The contents of the active window are printed on the selected
printer (see Printer Setup).
One can select the size of the actual plot area as well
as provide a frame for coordinates and labels.
See Demo A.1. in Statistical Analysis for
an example.
Tile Vertically
Choose Tile Vertically to tile vertically your open windows.
This option arranges the windows side-by-side so they cover the entire
desktop without overlapping one another.
Tile Horizontally
Choose Tile Horizontally to tile horizontally your open windows.
This option arranges the windows above each other so they cover the entire
desktop without overlapping one another.
Cascade
Choose Cascade to stack all open windows.
This option overlaps open windows so each is the same size as all others and only part of
each underlying window is visible.
Arrange Icons
This command rearranges your icons on the frame window. The
rearranged icons are evenly spaced, beginning at the lower left
corner of the frame window.
This command is useful when you resize your frame window
when it has minimized windows.
Close all Windows
This command closes all open windows.
If an editor window contains unsaved data, Xtremes will
ask you before closing the window.
Index
Executing the Index option, one gets the index of the Xtremes
Online-Help system.
Help on Help
The Help on Help option provides a description of the Windows
Help System.
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