Techne PrimeQ - Manual (Page 101)

101
The Report Options box: change how the
data is displayed using these settings.
3.7.6.3 Run to report
If this option has been chosen on setup (from the Tools option on the Experiment Editor menu
bar), at the end of the run, the software will automatically analyse the data and run through to
report based on the user-defined options during setup. If no analysis has been set then only the
plate layout and fluorescence data will be shown.
3.8 Exporting and printing results
The advantage of the Results file format is that it conveniently combines all the information about
an experiment together with the results data. Due to the inherent flexibility of the Quansoft
platform, the user is able to either re-run the experiment unchanged or take separate elements
and create or edit a new experiment.
3.8.1 Exporting
• PrimeQ files: Plate layouts, programs, experiments and results files are all easily
transportable as electronic files – simply double-click on the file and it will open straight up
into the appropriate program. If transferring multiple files then a file compression program,
such as WinZip, will be useful. To export a file, simply highlight the results file, right-click
with the mouse and then choose Send to. If WinZip is installed, the file can be sent for
compression.
• Results data: The results of an experiment (with calculations if appropriate) can be
exported to Microsoft ® Excel for viewing or manipulation in a spread sheet form. In the
Results Editor, choose the experiment stage for which data is to be exported by clicking on
the appropriate tab. From the File option on the menu bar, select Export and a Save As
box will appear allowing the user to browse for a destination directory. Rename if required or
if the padlock function is selected (as detailed above).
• Graphs: Right-click with the mouse on the graph to be saved and a menu will appear.
Select Copy and the image will be saved to the clipboard. The graph can then be pasted
into other common Windows programs such as Microsoft
® Word, Excel and PowerPoint etc.
Graphs can also be edited using a plethora of options, exported and printed from the
Analysis/Graph Properties option on the Results Editor menu bar - see section 3.7.3.
• Report: The Report can be exported to a .pdf file by clicking on the letter icon.
• Raw data: Raw fluorescence readings can be exported directly to Excel for manipulation by
the user or other software packages.