User guide

Quantity One User Guide
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The adjusted count is an estimate of the total colony count in the Petri dish; it
uses the known colonies to extrapolate the number of colonies that might
have appeared in the ignored region if it had not been damaged. The adjusted
count is calculated based on the area of the ignored region and the density
distribution of colonies in the rest of the circle.
17.7 Saving/Resetting Your Count
A colony count can be saved to the image and/or a separate spreadsheet file.
Saving to the Image
Any count you perform is automatically stored with the image. To save the
count with the image, exit the Colony Counting control panel by clicking on
the Close button, and use the Save commands under the File menu to save the
image.
To view your count data again, simply open the image and open the Colony
Counting control panel.
To save a count or multiple counts to a spreadsheet file, see the following
section.
Resetting the Count
The Reset button will clear the Colony Counting dialog box and any changes
you have made to the image. This command cannot be undone.
17.8 Saving to a Spreadsheet
The Batch File controls allow you to export colony data from an image or
multiple images to a Microsoft Excel
®
spreadsheet for review and
comparison. To activate these controls, click on the Batch Mode checkbox.