Printing and saving results

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5

Printing and saving results

Output can be saved as a file, copied to the clipboard or printed. See topics

below for further details.

Printing text and grid output

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Preparing charts for output

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Printing charts

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Printing dendrograms

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Exporting charts

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Exporting dendrograms

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5.1

Exporting charts

The chart can be saved in a number of different file formats: Enhanced Metafile

(*.emf), Bitmap (*.bmp), JPEG (*.jpg), or Native (*.tee). Each file format has

advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage of Enhanced Metafile is that, if pasted into, for instance, a

Word document, it can be resized by dragging, without losing resolution.

Bitmaps are a lossless method of saving; the stored file will not lose any of the

original s detail. Because of this, bitmaps tend to be much larger than

compressed files such as Enhanced Metafiles or JPEGs.

JPEGs are file formats which can be compressed to take up less space  

useful if you wish to send one by email, put it on a website, or paste it in to a

document. If they are compressed too heavily, they can lose resolution and

detail, and spoil colours.

The Native (*.tee) format saves all the chart attributes, and the data series,

rather than the image itself. This means that you can save the chart, and open it

again at a later date to edit it, using the free TeeReader software supplied on

the installation CD. Tee files tend to be very small indeed; often less than 1KB.

5.2

Exporting dendrograms

Use 

File|Export

 or

 Edit|Copy 

to copy the dendrogram to the Windows clipboard

and where it can be pasted into other Windows applications.

5.3

Printing dendrograms

The dendrograms from TWINSPAN and clustering methods are produced by a

completely different part of the program from the other charts. This means that

they cannot easily be manipulated and resized. This can cause problems if you

wish to paste a very large dendrogram into, for instance, a Word document; the

plot is too large to fit on a page. In this case, we recommend that you paste the

entire dendrogram into an image editing program, such as PaintShop Pro, and

cut it up into smaller sections that can be fitted onto several pages.

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