Printing and saving results

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using File|Export, and data or graphs can be copied to the clipboard using edit|copy

in the normal Windows fashion.

Copies can be made to the Windows clipboard or to a file by selecting Edit|Copy or,

in the case of graphs, by clicking on the Copy button above the graph. Images of

graphs can be stored as bitmaps, metafiles, enhanced metafiles or TEE files (see

Export Tee Chart

). For Windows users who wish to include a graph in another

document the enhanced metafile format is to be preferred as it will allow the image to

be changed in size without loss of resolution of the text.

11.6

Graph display options

Many aspects of your graphs can be altered and the results printed or exported using

the series of buttons arranged above the graphs.

They are from the left: Normal cursor, Rotate, Move, Zoom, Depth, Edit Chart, Print

and Copy.

Rotate moves the graph around its horizontal and vertical axes (by clicking and

dragging the cursor on the graph), and can be used in conjunction with the

Depth function, which increases the 3D aspect of the graph, for greater impact or

clarity.

Move will shift the entire graph to any required position in the window. (see

Zooming and panning on graphs

)

Zoom increases and decreases the magnification of the graph   click/drag down and

left to decrease it, up and right to increase it. (see 

Zooming and panning on graphs

)

The Depth function increases the 3 dimensional aspect of the graph by rotating it

around its vertical axis.

The Rotate and Depth settings can be returned to zero (i.e. reducing the graph back

to 2 dimensions) by clicking the Edit Chart button, selecting the 3D tab on the Chart

menu, and unticking the box marked  3 Dimensions .

Under Edit Chart, all aspects of the graph can be altered to suit the user: titles,

series labels, points, colours, shading, axes, and so on are all adjustable.

Pressing Print will bring up a preview of the printed graph, where orientation and

margins can be adjusted as required, and the printer settings accessed.

The Copy function copies the graph to your computer s clipboard, where it can be

pasted into another application, for instance a graphics program or word processing

package.

11.7

Tips for improving graphical output

It frequently happens that the default ordination graph will have overlapping labels or

labels that overlap the axes. To stop the labels overlapping the axes enter the

graph options menu

 and manually select the maximum and minimum to be a greater

or lesser value than the default for each axis. It is sometimes possible to reduce the

overlap of labels by using the 3D options. Alternatively, it may be useful to display

the ordination from different directions so that different labels lie on top. Generally it

is best to avoid large species or sample names. For large figures consider labelling the

species 1,2,3 etc and putting a key in the caption.

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