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Lesson 3: Using the
Plate Grid
3-16 Getting Started
Exercise 3: Hiding and Showing Panes, Views, and Plots
You can also toggle the presence of the plate document panes, views, and plots using
the icons in the Display toolbar.
To illustrate this feature, hide and show the table pane as follows:
Step Action
1 From the Display toolbar, click the Show/Hide Table Pane button ( ).
The software removes the table pane from the plate document.
2 Click the Show/Hide Table Pane button ( ) again to show the table pane.
The software restores the table pane to the plate document.
The display toolbar can be particularly useful for manipulating information shown in
the plate document. See “Using the Display Toolbar” on page 3-9 for a list of the
other icons of the display toolbar and the panes they control.
3 Practice hiding and showing the other plate document elements by clicking other
buttons in the Display toolbar until comfortable using the feature.
The plate grid (see below) is an important interface tool for the SDS software. The
software uses the grid to convey information about the plate and allows you to select
specific wells for viewing and analysis. The following exercises will teach you how to
use and modify the elements of the plate grid.
Exercise 1: Viewing Well Information
The SDS software provides two methods for viewing the information associated with a
well or wells of the plate document.
To view the information for a well of the plate document, do one of the following:
Action Result
Click any well in the plate grid
to select it.
Move the mouse pointer over
any well of the plate grid.
Plate grid
When selected, the software outlines the well in black and
displays the associated information in the well inspector of
the Setup tab.
After holding position, the software displays the
informationforthewellinayellowpop-upwindow.