User`s guide

User Interface Features 17
-37
To export the data points to other Windows 95 or
NT pro
g
rams
1
Select one or more (V+click) traces. Selected traces are
highlighted.
2
From the Edit menu, select Copy or Cut to save the trace
data point values to the Clipboard. Cut will remove traces
from the plot window.
3
Paste the data from the Clipboard into the MicroSim Text
Editor (or any other text editor), a spreadsheet program, or
a technical computing program (such as Mathcad).
4
Save the file.
Cursors
When one or more traces are displayed, Probe provides cursors
that can be used to display the exact coordinates of two points
on the same trace, or points on two different traces. In addition,
differences are shown between the corresponding coordinate
values for the two cursors.
To displa
y
both cursors
1
From the Tools menu, point to Cursor, then select Display.
The Probe Cursor box appears on the screen, showing the
current position of the cursor on the x-axis and y-axis. As
you move the cursors, the values in the cursor box change.
In the analog area of the plot (if any), both cursors are
initially placed on the trace listed first in the trace legend.
The corresponding trace symbol is outlined with a dashed
line. In the digital area of the plot (if any), both cursors are
initially placed on the trace named first along the y-axis. The
corresponding trace name is outlined with a dashed line.
Savin
g
the data directly to a file
from Clipboard Viewer can
create superfluous data at the
be
g
innin
g
of the file.
or
or press C+S+C
You can move the cursor box
any where over the plot window
by dra
gg
in
g
the box to another
location.