User`s guide

User’s Guide 19
9 Opening and Saving Files
Open Data Files
Whenever you open a file using the data system, you will be
presented with a dialog box that allows you to not only open
the file, but specify parameters for searching, as well as
previewing file contents. The Open File button
on the
command ribbon gives you access to the Open File menu.
When you select one of the types of files to open, a dialog will
appear where you can select the file from those on your hard
disk.
The Open Data File dialog contains the most options for how
you want to open and search for files. The list of files of the
type selected (Files of type) are shown. As with most
Windows applications, you can view these as a list, and show
details by clicking the appropriate button at the upper right
corner of the window. In addition, you can see a preview of
the chromatogram in the data file by pressing the Preview
Chromatogram button, or view the file description by
clicking the Description button. You can also use the *
"wildcard" character to view a list of certain file types. The
dialog appearance and behavior will be slightly different for