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Menu and Toolbar Overview
The toolbar is divided into a logical sequence relating to the normal
order of operations.
- 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
- [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
As for main window and also:
- [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
As for main window and also:
- [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
This is a separate program with its own toolbar and menu. The toolbar can
be used for many of the operations.
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