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Step 6 – Creating a Plate Document from the Template
Options for Creating
Plate Documents
from the Template
CreatingaSingle
Plate Document
from a Template
4-18 Run Setup and Basic Operation
The SDS software offers two options for creating plate documents from a template file:
individually or in batches.
Option Description See Page
Create an individual
plate document from
the template
Create multiple plate
documents using the
Template Batch utility
The procedure below explains how to create a
single plate document from a template file for
running a plate. By repeating the procedure, you
can create as many plate documents as needed.
As a faster alternative to the option above, the
software includes a Template Batch utility that can
simultaneously create multiple plate documents
from the template file.
To create a plate document from the template file:
Step Action
1 From the File menu of the SDS software, select New.
The New Document dialog box appears.
2 Configure the New Document dialog box as follows:
Drop-Down List Select…
Assay the same assay as the template.
Container the same plate type as the template.
the template file (*.sdt) created on page 4-17.
Template a
a. The Template drop-down list displays all template files contained in the Templates
subdirectory of the SDS 2.0 program directory.
3 (Optional) Click the Barcode text field and either:
♦ Type the bar code number for the plate, or
♦ Scan the plate bar code using the hand-held bar code scanner.
4 Click OK.
Follow the
procedure
below.
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If the template file does not appear within the Template
drop-down list, select the file as explained below:
a. Click Browse.
The Open dialog box appears.
b. From the Look in text field, navigate to and select the
template file (*.sdt) created on page 4-17.
c. Click Open.
The Template drop-down list displays the template file.
The software creates a new plate document from the template file.
5 Configure the new plate document with sample and plate information as explained
on page 4-19.