** File: Base8.hlp
** Index: 18

** File Menu for Base View


Û  File menu

    The File Menu contains commands
that let you open and save files, save a
configuration to disk, print a data file,
and export data.


Û  New

    The File|New menu item contains two 
menu commands: Data Sheet and Plot.  

  þ Data Sheet:  This command creates a
    sheet window.

  þ Plot:  This command creates a plot
    window.


Û  Open

    The File|Open menu item contains two 
menu commands: Data Sheet and Plot.

  þ Data Sheet:  This command loads a
    TechPlot Data file.

  þ Plot:  This command loads a TechPlot
    Graph file.


Û  Import Data

    The File|Import Data menu item has a 
pop-up menu (or a sub-menu) which contains
the following commands: ASCII, Lotus, DIF,
dBase, Excel, and QuattroPro.  These
commands allow you to import data from the
above listed file formats.

  þ ASCII

    An ASCII data file is a text file with
  tab, space or "," delimiters between
  numbers.  The first non-numeric line is
  considered as the column names for data
  columns.  The keywords "MOREDATA" and
  "ENDDATA" can be used to handle large
  number of data columns.

    Here is a sample ASCII data file:
       X,     Y,      Z
      0.1    2.5    -0.8
      0.2   -0.l     1.2
      0.3   -0.9     2.7
      MOREDATA
       W1,    W2
      4.3    12.3
      0.5    21.9
      2.1    35.2
      ENDDATA

  þ Lotus

    TechPlot can import Lotus file format
  for Lotus 1-2-3, version 1, 1A and 2.0.

  þ DIF

    DIF stands for the Data Interchange 
  Format proposed by Lotus Development 
  Corporation.

  þ dBase

    TechPlot can import Ashton-Tate's
  dBase file format for dBase release II,
  III, and IV.

  þ Excel

    TechPlot can import Microsoft's Excel
  file format for  MS Excel version 2 and 3.

  þ QuattroPro

    TechPlot can import Borland'
  QuattroPro file format for Quattro Pro
  version 2.0.


Û  DOS Shell

    The File|DOS Shell command allows you 
temporarily exit TechPlot to the DOS
command line.  To return to TechPlot, type
EXIT and press <Enter>.

    Don't run any Terminate and Stay
Resident (TSR) programs while you have
shelled to DOS, because memory may get
misallocated.

    If you have to run a TSR program from
the DOS shell, please remember to remove
it from memory before exiting back to
TechPlot.


Û  Exit

    The File|Exit command exits TechPlot,
removes it from memory, and returns you
to the DOS command line.  If you have made
any changes that you have not saved,
TechPlot asks you if you want to save them
or not before exiting.

