Monarch Instrument DC6000 - Manual (Page 42)

Section 4 – Functional Description
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4.12 Annotating Trends
At any time while a live trend is visible, the user may
annotate the chart by double tapping the point on the trend at
which an annotation is to be added. This will pop up a small
window as shown right which gives the option of
Tap the Annotation button to get to the annotation screen.
There are two methods of annotation.

Drawing or writing on the screen and saving a bitmap
file (.bmp) in the
record session folder .

Adding a text message which is embedded in the
data file.
4.12.1 Drawing on the Screen
Once you tap the Annotation button the Annotate Dialog
shown right, appears.
There are several icons on the screen which function as
follows:
Tap this icon to append a text message to the
trend. This brings up the Text Memo Editor - see
Section 4.12.2
Tap this icon to select the color of the pen to be
used to write on the screen. The block below the
icon shows the current pen color. (black)
Tap this Place Text icon to place the text in the text
dialog box. It is necessary to first enter text in the
box (which contains the words “JACK HIT RESET” in
Figure 4-12.2.) After tapping the icon, tap the position on
the screen where you want the text to be place. The text is
placed to the right of your tap position.
Save – Brings up the a dialog box which allows
the user to name the bitmap file and save it in
the record session folder (default) as a .bmp file. This
picture may be
emailed . A place holder is added to the
live trend.
Cancel – Quits the annotate session and
returns to the live display.
Print – Allows the user to print to the system
printer, if installed.
Clear – Removes all annotation from the
screen
To draw on the screen, select the pen color as detailed above then, using the stylus, draw on the screen. Add
any text in the text box and place it on the screen using the place text icon as detailed above. This allows the
Browsing existing annotations
Annotating a new message
Exit and do nothing
Figure 4-12.2 Annotation Screen
Figure 4-12.1 Live Trend
Figure 4-12.3 Place Text