User guide

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2. Right-click in the plate.
3. Select the appropriate action.
4. (Optional) To delete a lane, click it with the Eraser
tool.
Move a spot. Drag the spot. The R
f
displays as you drag.
Duplicate a spot. CTRL+dragthe spot to a different lane.
Delete a spot. Click the spot with the Eraser tool. If you erase all spots
in a lane, the lane will be deleted.
Display or set the R
f
for a spot; add a custom spot.
1. Right-click on a spot.
2. Point to TLC Spots, and take the appropriate action.
To display R
f
for all spots, right-click in the plate and
select Show Rf from the TLC Spots submenu.
Change the style or color of a spot.
1. Right-click a spot..
2. Choose the style or color.
Keeping all the styles unchecked creates a hollow spot.
To change the style for all spots, Right-click in the plate
and choose the style from the TLC Spots submenu.
Enlarge or “smear” a spot.
SHIFT+drag the spot. When you position the cursor on
a spot and press SHIFT, the cursor assumes one of
three shapes, depending on how it is positioned:
Cross arrows, used to enlarge a spot.
Horizontal arrow, used to widen a spot.
Vertical arrow, used to elongate a spot or create a
crescent.
Rf Display
Right-click a spot and select Show Rf to indicate the spot’s retention value. By default, the value of R
f
is set to two
decimal places.
To move the tag
Either click and drag the tag using a selection tool or Right-click the tag and choose Position. Then edit the
values in the Position Indicators box.
Editing the Rf value
Select the tag with the Text tool and edit the value.
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