** File: TPSht_06.hlp
** Index: 45

** More Sheet View Help
   :: Viewing Data
   :: Data input and output


Û  Viewing data

    As described above, you can use the
arrow keys to move cells around.  When the
cell position is at the end of a viewing
screen, if you advance the cell position,
the screen will automatically shift by one
column or row such that you can view the
current cell.  The following are some other
ways to view the data sheet.

  Using the keyboard:
    ú <Page Up> and <Page Down> will move
      one screen up and down.

    ú <Shift+PageUp> and <Shift+Page Down>
      will move one screen left and right.

    ú <Home> will move the screen to the
      beginning of the data sheet (first
      column and first row).  <End> will
      move the screen to the end of the
      data sheet (last column and last row).

    ú <Ctrl+Home> will move the screen to
      the first data column.  <Ctrl+End>
      will move the screen to the last data
      column.

    ú <Shift+Home> will move the screen to
      the first row of current viewing
      column.  <Shift+End> will move the
      screen to the last row of viewing
      column.

  Using mouse:
    ú Click on the <Up> or <Down> arrow
      buttons of the vertical scroll bar to
      move sheet up or down one row.  Click
      on the thumb track of the vertical
      scroll bar to move one screen up or
      down.  Drag the thumb of the vertical
      scroll bar to move to any row position.

    ú Click on the <Left> or <Right> arrow
      buttons of the horizontal scroll bar
      to move sheet left or right one
      column.  Click on the thumb track of
      the horizontal scroll bar to move one
      screen left or right.  Drag the thumb
      of the horizontal scroll bar to move
      to any column position.


Û  Making a selection of data

    A selected block of data is the
highlighted data block in the data sheet.
All TechPlot's editing commands are operated
on selected data blocks.  This means that
you can cut, copy, or paste a block of data
into or from the Clipboard.  There are two
ways to make a block data selection.

  ú Choose the Sheet | Select Block command
    to specify the range of selection.

  ú Use the mouse to click on the starting
    cell and drag it to the last cell.
    When the mouse cursor is outside the
    data sheet area, the data sheet is
    automatically scrolled to make the
    selected area shown in the current
    screen.  If you click on a column
    title, the whole column will be
    selected. If you click on a row
    number, the whole row will be
    selected.  Click 'ALL' to select
    the entire data sheet.


Û  Data Input and Output

    In this section, we will discuss the
general data I/O functions of TechPlot's
data sheet.

    There are three ways to enter data in
the TechPlot data sheet: enter by keyboard,
load from a disk file, or generate
automatically by menu commands.

    TechPlot can export data to many
popular spreadsheet data file formats.  A
selected portion of data sheet can be
printed to dot-matrix or laser printers.


Û  Inputting data from the keyboard

    You can enter data by moving the cursor
(highlighted cell) to the cell where you
want and typing a number or label.
Note: data cells accept only numeric numbers
but a column name cell takes any ASCII
characters.  As you type, the characters
appear in the Edit window.  Press <Enter>
or click the OK button (check button) to
accept the input and the cursor will
automatically move down one row.  Press
<Esc> or click Cancel button (cross button)
to abort the action.

