User's Manual - Cornell Lab of Ornithology - Cornell University

Chapter 12: ReferenceFile / Load Preferences... / Open...Loads preferences stored in the file that you specify in response to the standard Open File dialogthat appears when you choose this command.File / New Command NCreates a new signal window containing only a waveform pane. A signal copied from anotherwindow can be pasted into the new window. To record a new signal with Canary, use the Recordcommand on the Process menu, not the New command.File / Open... Command OBrings up a standard Macintosh Open File dialog box that lets you choose a file to open. The dialogbox lists all files that Canary can read. If the file is of a type that can potentially contain more thanone kind of data (e.g., a text or MATLAB file, which could contain a waveform, spectrogram,spectrum, or correlation array) and the file has never been saved by Canary, you will be promptedto specify which type of data it contains. Depending on which type of data you indicate, you will beprompted to specify various parameters, such as sampling rate for waveforms, and FFT size forspectrograms.File / Page Setup...Brings up the Page Setup dialog box for the printer that is currently selected by the Chooser (applemenu).File / Print...Brings up the Print dialog box for the printer that is currently selected by the Chooser (applemenu). When you click OK in the Print dialog box, the contents of the current window are printedaccording to the options specified in the Page Setup and Print dialog boxes.File / Quit Command QCloses all windows and quits Canary. Before closing any window whose contents have changedsince the last Save, Canary will ask if you want to save changes.File / Revert To DefaultsResets all preferences to their “factory default” settings (irrespective of what preferences are storedin the default preference file “Canary.Prefs”).File / Revert SoundRestores the sound (waveform, spectrogram, spectrum) in the active window to its last saved form,in effect undoing all editing changes (Cut, Paste, Delete, or Amplify) since the last Save.File / Save PreferencesSaves all current preference settings to the current preference file. Preference settings include thesettings of controls in all dialog box that contain a Save button, and the position onscreen of thecommand and measurement panels and the track palette. The name of the current preference filecan be displayed by choosing About Canary from the apple menu. See also File / Save PreferencesAs... .File / Save Preferences As... / Default PreferenceSaves all current preference settings to the default preference file, “Canary.Prefs” in the Preferencesfolder inside the System Folder.Canary 1.2 User’s Manual 161