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HI All,<br><br>
Thanks to all that answered my query. For anyone else struggling with
Navigator, here's the replies that I got:<br><br>
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I think an easier way to label chromatograms and spectra is to first
export <br>
them into PowerPoint. Depending on the version of the LCQ software you
are <br>
using, there should be a Copy View function under Edit in the data <br>
processing software. In PowerPoint you can use Paste Special as a
MetaFile.<br><br>
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Really the best way to do this is by copy and paste to another program
with more annotation features: Word, PowerPoint, etc.<br>
Start out with this: <br>
* Select Edit from the Bioexplore menu bar <br>
* Copy image to clipboard. <br>
* Paste Special to word or other application as a metafile. <br>
* R click on the image and select Ungroup. This generates boxes for each
text item. They can all be modified indepently. <br>
Also, we can support the Xcalibur software much better than the old
Navigator software. The latest Xcalibur has many important new features
for peptide and protein analysis and the upgrade is inexpensive. The
downside is that a more powerful computer may be required.<br><br>
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For many things this IS fairly easy to do. Sometimes however the
"mindless" labeling <br>
algorithm can frustrate your best attempts to get the label just where
you want it. I <br>
think the software has some things that avoid conflict and display
overlap with other <br>
labels and data. Things that I do to help are listed below in no
particular order. If you <br>
want the little pointer thingy...I don't get that either. Take it into
power point or <br>
PhotoShop or something?<br><br>
1) You must know the Display>Annotate>add text sequence of menu
selections. Then check <br>
Rotated, marked pos. center, and I use Just above graph. This labels with
the lines of <br>
annotation going vert...maybe not what you want but they stay put
better.<br><br>
2) I set my font in Display>Display options>labels to 3.0
usually.<br><br>
3) The font that xcalibur uses can be set as well..I pick a nice looking
font that <br>
displays well small. goto xcalibur then Tools>configuration>Fonts
then choose one.<br><br>
4)If you do much labeling then I add the annotation pop up invoker to the
<br>
toolbar...View>customize toolbar>then pick the display
category...and click and drag the <br>
add text icon on to your actual toolbar where it is handy...now to
annotate you just hit <br>
this new button.<br><br>
5)the scaling plays a role in the display as well...you may want to
display 0-200% on the <br>
y or int. axis. To do this go to the display options and manually type it
in 0-200.<br>
while none of these may get the pointer to work how you want it...they do
help in labeling <br>
the peak you want.<br>
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One suggestion for you. You might try making your annotations in another
<br>
program like PowerPoint. I know with the XCalibur software, the next LCQ
<br>
software version after Navigator, windows can be copied from XCalibur and
<br>
pasted into PowerPoint fairly easy. Then, annotations can be made using
<br>
PowerPoint. I would think that it would work for the Navigator software
too <br>
(but I could be wrong).<br><br>
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Regarding your wish to label spectra and chromatograms, I use the
Xcalibur <br>
software on the GCQ. For better graphics and more options, I copy the
<br>
spectrum or chromatogram and paste into a Microsoft PowerPoint slide.
This <br>
allows me to clean up the slide, make bold font or larger font for key
ions, <br>
add colors for integrated peaks, add arrows and an infinite number of
<br>
improvements. <br><br>
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