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Exercise 2: Selecting Multiple Wells
The SDS software features several methods for selecting wells from the plate grid.
The following exercise will familiarize you with most of them.
To select groups of wells from the plate grid:
Step Action
1 Select a block of wells from the plate grid by doing one of the following:
♦ Click and drag the mouse cursor across the block of wells, or
♦ Click the well at the top-left corner of the block, then while holding-down the
Shift key, click the well at the bottom-right corner of the block.
The software outlines the selected wells with a black border.
2 Select several isolated wells of the plate grid by doing of the following:
a. Hold-down the Ctrl key, and click individual wells to select them.
The software outlines the selected wells with a black border.
b. While holding down the Ctrl key, de-select wells by clicking individual selected
wells.
3 Select an entire column or row of wells using the headers as follows:
a. Click the header for row A to select all wells in the row.
The software outlines the wells of row A with a black border.
b. Press and hold either the Shift or Ctrl key, then click other columns or row
headers to select multiple columns.
Row A
header
4 Select all wells of the plate grid by clicking the top-left corner of the plate grid.
The software outlines all of the wells in the plate document with a black border.
Button
5 Using the techniques illustrated in steps 1 to 4, practice selecting portions of the
plate grid until comfortable using the feature.
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