Menu and Toolbar Overview

• Toolbar
• Main menu (any child window)
• Input or model definition
• Plot organiser
• Plot viewer

Toolbar

• File operations

  New document

  Open a document

  Save current document

• General editing operations

  Cut current selection

  Copy current selection

  Paste

• Print and Help

  Print

  Help

• Generating single plots

  Generate a calibration curve plot

  Calibrate a radiocarbon date

  Simulate a radiocarbon date

  Calibrate a %modern radiocarbon date

• Multiplots and Models
  • Entering data

    Insert radiocarbon dates into plot

    Paste data from a spreadsheet (name, date, error)

  • Calculation

    Change analysis options

    Analyse current input/model file

    Open analysis results manually (should be automatic after calculation has finished)

  • Viewing ouput

    Generate multi-plots from plot organiser

    Generate individual plots

    Generate a plot on the calibration curve

    View log files

    Copy ranges to spreadsheet

  • Cleaning up temporary files

    Destroy output data files for this project

Main menu (any child window)

• [File]
  • [New] New document
  • [Open] Open document
  • [Close] Close document
  • [Save] Save document
  • [Save As] Save document (new name)
  • [Print] Print document
  • [Print Preview] Preview print format
  • [Print Setup] Setup printer
  • [Quick Calculation] Quick calibration or calculation
  • [Analysis Options] Change analysis options
  • [1...] Recently opened documents
  • [Exit] Exit the program
• [Edit]
  • [Undo] Undo last action
  • [Cut] Cut current selection
  • [Copy] Copy current selection
  • [Paste] Paste
  • [Select All] Select whole document
  • [Find] Find a string
  • [Find Next] Find next string
  • [Replace] Replace a string
• [View]
  • [Toolbar] Show/hide the toolbar
  • [Status bar] Show/hide the status bar
  • [Plot Options]
    • [Zoom...] Relative size of plots produced
    • [Font...] Font used in plots
    • [Options...] Options for plotting (plot content)
    • [Style...] Style of plot (can be altered later)
  • [Calibration Curve] View the calibration curve
• [Window]
  • [New Window] Open a duplicate view on a document
  • [Cascade] Cascade windows
  • [Tile] Tile windows
  • [Arrange Icons] Arrange the icons
• [Help]
  • [Contents] Contents of manual
  • [Index] Index of manual
  • [About OxCal] Version number

Input or model definition

• [Edit]
  • [Paste data] Paste data from spreadsheet (name, date, error)
  • [Insert radiocarbon date] Insert radiocarbon data into plot
  • [Insert tree rings] Enter a tree ring sequence
• [File]
  • [Analyse...] Analyse this document
  • [Open analysis results] Open results of the analysis
• [Help]
  • [Input wizard] Start the input wizard
  • [Project documents] Help on setting up input data

Plot organiser

• [File]
  • [Create Plots] Create multi-plots for this analysis
  • [Individual Plots] Create individual plots
  • [Plot on Curve] Create plots on the calibration curve
  • [Open Log Files] Open the log files for this analysis
  • [Destroy Plot Data] Destroy output data files for this project
• [Edit]
  • [Copy data] Copy ranges to spreadsheet
• [Help]
  • [Output wizard] Start output wizard
  • [Plot Organiser Documents] Information on organising output data

Plot viewer

Toolbar

Open a document

Save current document

Print the active document

Change plot options

Copy picture to clipboard

Increase plot size

Decrease lot size

Go to the first page

Go to the previous page

Go to the next page

Go to the last page

Explore the calibration curve

Move left in the calibration curve

Move right in the calibration curve

Cover a wider area of the calibration curve

Cover a smaller area of the calibration curve

Diplay program information

Menu Structure

• [File]
  • [Open] Open an new document
  • [Save] Save changes to the current document
  • [Save As] Save with a different name
  • [Options] Change plot options
  • [Print] Print current document
  • [Print Preview] Preview the print output
  • [Print Setup] Setup the printer
  • [1...] Recently opened documents
  • [Exit] Exit from the program
• [Edit]
  • [Copy Graphics] Copy graphics to clipboard
• [View]
  • [Toolbar] Toggle toolbar use
  • [Status Bar] Toggle use of status bar
  • [Font] Alter the font for this plot
  • [Adjust Axes] Adjust the axes
  • [Modify Labels] Change the labels in this plot
  • [Style] Style options for this plot
  • [Zoom] Change to a specific plot size
  • [Zoom In] Increase plot size
  • [Zoom Out] Desrease plot size
  • [Explore Curve] Explore the calibration curve (only for plots on the curve)
• [Window]
  • [First Page] Go to the first page
  • [Page Up] Go to the previous page
  • [Page Down] Go to the next page
  • [Last Page] Go to the last page
• [Help] Diplay program information