Sequencher 4.8 User Manual--PC - Bioinformatics and Biological ...

accessing Help, then the Project Window context page will appear. This will be the case
for most of Sequencher’s major windows.
If you see a flagged icon, this means you can click on a link to get further information.
If you place the cursor over this icon, a Tool Tip with the title of the Help article will be
displayed.
The button bar
The button bar contains buttons for frequently used commands. It appears just below the
top of many windows (see Figure 2-2).
Figure 2-2 The Project Window button bar
On many Sequencher windows you can use the smaller left-hand button, which has an
up arrow on it, to hide the button bar. Click on the button and the button bar will “hide”
behind the title bar.
When the button bar is hidden, you can still see the bottom of the left-hand button under
the title bar. It will show a down-pointing arrowhead. Click on the arrowhead and the
button bar will reappear.
Sequencher’s menus
Sequencher
The Sequencher menu gives you information on the version of Sequencher you have,
contact information for Gene Codes Corporation and Sequencher technical support,
access to the User Preferences and the Quit Sequencher command.
File menu
The commands in the File menu let you open, close and save projects as well as import
and export data. You can also open and close windows, specify page setups and print
from the File menu.
Edit menu
The commands in the Edit menu let you cut, copy and paste selected data. You can also
duplicate fragments, mark motifs, reposition sequences and choose your editing mode
from the Edit menu.
Select menu
The commands in the Select menu cover a variety of items you might want to find and/or
highlight to help you in your analysis. These commands use a wide variety of criteria to
help you locate items from sequence fragments, subsequences and individual bases.
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