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BSA Flow Software Installation and User's Guide - CSI

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6.1.9 Exporting plots<br />

Copying a plot to the Clipboard<br />

Printing a plot<br />

All of the previous text in section 0 of this document relates to plots on the<br />

screen, but they remain an integral part of the <strong>BSA</strong> <strong>Flow</strong> <strong>Software</strong>.<br />

This section describes how you can export the plots, so they can be used in a<br />

report or presentation to document your results.<br />

Prints will be scaled to fit the paper selected, while exporting plots to a file<br />

or to the clipboard, will yield exact copies of what you see on the screen.<br />

Using the Clipboard is the traditional way of sharing information between<br />

different applications on the Windows platform:<br />

1. Select the plot that you wish to copy by clicking either the plot window<br />

in the workspace, or the plot-icon in the project explorer.<br />

2. Copy the selected plot to the clipboard in one of the following ways:<br />

• Click the Copy-button ( ) in the toolbar, or…<br />

• Select Copy from the Edit menu, or…<br />

• Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl-C, or…<br />

• Right-click the plot-window in the workspace, or the plot-icon in the<br />

project explorer, <strong>and</strong> select Copy from the context menu that appears.<br />

Either way the selected plot will be copied to the clipboard in two formats:<br />

Bitmap <strong>and</strong> Enhanced Metafile. Other Windows applications can now import<br />

the plot from the clipboard in either of the formats supplied.<br />

Printing a plot can also be considered an export, since a plot printed on paper<br />

is no longer an integral part of the <strong>BSA</strong> <strong>Flow</strong> <strong>Software</strong>.<br />

1. Select the plot that you wish to print by clicking either the plot window in<br />

the workspace, or the plot-icon in the project explorer.<br />

2. Send the selected plot to the printer in one of the following ways:<br />

• Click the Print-button ( ) in the toolbar, or…<br />

• Select Print from the File menu, or…<br />

• Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl-P, or…<br />

• Right-click the plot-window in the workspace, or the plot-icon in the<br />

project explorer, <strong>and</strong> select Print from the context menu that appears.<br />

Provided a printer is included in your Windows installation, you will get a<br />

print dialog similar to the one shown in Figure 6-34, where you may be able<br />

to select the number of copies to print, which printer to use <strong>and</strong> which<br />

settings to use on the selected printer.<br />

<strong>BSA</strong> <strong>Flow</strong> <strong>Software</strong>:Options <strong>and</strong> Add-ons 6-31

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