Bio-Rad Microplate Manager Software - Manual (Page 27)

Chapter 3. Getting Started
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3.2 Opening and Saving Files
Microplate Manager has two basic file types: Protocol files and data files. Protocol
files have a .kpr, .epr., or .mpr extension. Data files have a .mpm extension.
To open an existing protocol file or data file, select Open... from the FILE menu ,
select the name of the file you want to open, and click on the Open button.
To save a protocol file, select Save Protocol or Save Protocol As... from the FILE
menu. To save a data file, select Save Data/Template or Save Data/Template As...
from the FILE menu. If you are saving a new file or renaming an old file, enter the
new file name and click on the Save button.
See the individual chapters on templates (Chapter 4), protocols (Chapter 5), and data
and reports (Chapter 6) for more information.
3.3 Reading Data from Other Applications
The software will read files from the previous version of the Microplate Manager/PC
software (version 4.0.x). It also imports data in several ASCII formats, including tab
delimited and comma delimited (CSV). Kinetic data is imported from one of three
formats defined in Kinetic Collector PC: COL, ROW, MTX. The software will not
read native files from the Macintosh Microplate Manager software, but it will read
tab delimited files generated by the Macintosh Microplate Manager software.
Data from all reports can be copied onto the clipboard, as well as exported to a file in
either tab delimited or comma delimited formats. Both tab delimited and comma
delimited formats may be exported into Excel
® .
3.4 Quick Start
To read a plate immediately, perform the following steps:
1. Turn on the plate reader and let it warm up. Prepare a microplate and place it in
the plate reader.