Tecnai on-line help manual -- Options - UT Southwestern

<strong>Tecnai</strong> on-line help Options 166Options Software version 2InstructionsThe instructions field will display instructions on how to proceed or a status description of the functioncurrently running or finished.Flap-out buttonThe flap-out button leads to the Settings tabs of the Automated Experiments Control Panel.12.5 TrueImage Focus Series Acquisition SettingsThe Automated Experiments Settings Control Panel.Each Automated Experiment will typically have a number of associated functions, each of which willhave its own settings. The settings are controlled on the Settings tab of the Automated ExperimentsControl Panel.Settings listFrom the drop-down list, a function can be selected, whose settings will then be listed in the propertyeditor underneath. The settings list for tomography contains the following:• Acquisition parameters• Reconstruction parametersSettingsThe settings are displayed in a so-called property editor. This is a two-column grid, listing the setting onthe left-hand side and its value on the right-hand side. The settings in the property editor are sortedalphabetically. You can change the settings by clicking on the value. Sometimes you have to type in anumber or other setting. In the case where a limited selection is possible (for example with the booleanoperators true or false) a small down arrow on the right-side allows selection of the one of thepossibilities. Setting changes are updated as soon as you move to another setting value (e.g. bypressing the down or up arrow). If the new setting is not allowed, it will be switched back to a propervalue.Tip: To change the settings for the function selected back to their default values, click on the propertyeditor with the right-hand mouse button and select Reset to defaults in the popup menu. All settings ofthe current set will be restored to their software default values.Note: The property editor does not allow having some properties as read-only, but the Focus seriesacquisition has several such values that are either used for information display or which definition isrestricted to some users. In practice this means that the value can be changed, but it will jump back to itsoriginal value.