Bio-Rad Microplate Manager Software - Manual (Page 123)

Chapter 8. Quick Guides
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7. At the end of the run, save the data by choosing Save Data/Template or Save
Data/Template As... from the FILE menu.
8.7 Creating and Running a New Multiple
Plate Protocol and Creating the Template
Simultaneously
See Chapters 4 and 5 for details.
1. Select New Multiple Plate Protocol from the FILE menu.
2. Fill in the user-defined information for the Multiple Plate Protocol window:
3. Fill in the information in the Multiple Plate Protocol dialog box:
a. Specify any initial wait.
b. Specify any absorbance delay.
c. Specify reading parameters.
d. Indicate if a stack loader is to be used.
e. Specify the number of plates (if using a stack loader) or number of times
to read plate (if not using a stack loader).
f. Specify the root file name for data storage.
4. Click on Show Template to display a template of 96 undefined wells.
a. Follow steps 2–8 of section 8.1 to define the template.
b. Click the close box to close the template. A prompt will ask you if you
want to save the changes. Select Yes and enter a name for the template.
c. Click on Pick Template... from the Multiple Plate Protocol dialog box.
d. Select the data file that was saved in step b. The template will be linked to
the protocol file.
5. Choose all reports to be automatically displayed and/or printed by clicking on
Reports....
a. While in the Reports dialog box, click on Labels... to choose labels to
print on each report.