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STATGRAPHICS Plus Version 5.0
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November, 2000
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The following information supplements the User Manual and the
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On-Line Help.
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Contents:
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A) Before You Start...
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B) Installing the Software
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C) Manuals
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D) Online Manuals
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E) Preferences and Graphics Options
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F) StatFolio
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G) StatGallery
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H) StatReporter
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I) Print Drivers
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J) Print Preview
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K) Quality and Design
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L) ODBC
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M) Miscellaneous
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N) StatPublish
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0) StatFolio Start-up Scripts
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P) Support Information
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A) Before You Start...
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STATGRAPHICS Plus Version 5.0 will only run on a true 32-bit
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operating system -- Windows 95/98, Windows NT, or Windows 2000.
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You must have at least 65 MB of space available on your
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hard drive to hold the program files, documentation, and sample
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data files. A minimum of 30 MB is required for a minimal install
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of only the program files.
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A minimum of 32 MB of RAM is required to run STATGRAPHICS Plus
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with "average" performance. Complex calculations and graphs
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will benefit from additional RAM.
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The Version 5.0 CD is composed of 24 installation files. It will
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create several subdirectories, including:
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- Data, Manuals, and Test Data.
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B) Installing the Software
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Version 5.0 of STATGRAPHICS Plus is available on CD. To install
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the software:
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1. Insert the compact disc into the CD-ROM drive.
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2. On most systems, the setup program will start up automatically.
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If it does not, in Windows Explorer, double click on SETUP.EXE
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from the CD-ROM drive.
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Or
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Click on START...RUN and type D:\SETUP.EXE in the text
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box (where D: is the CD drive letter, substitute as necessary)
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3. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen.
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4. If you have purchased an international system, plug the sentinel
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device into the parallel port on your computer.
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5. If you have purchased an international system and are running
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the Windows NT operating system, the first time STATGRAPHICS
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Plus is launched, a window will display for installing the
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Rainbow sentinel drivers. Click on the Functions menu item,
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then select "install sentinel drivers" from the list that
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displays. You should then see an information dialog box that
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says that the drivers have been successfully installed and that
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you need to restart your computer. Restart the Windows NT
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operating system to complete the driver configuration.
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6. For Network installations, the STATGRAPHICS Plus registry
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information must be accessible to each Windows operating system
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that runs STATGRAPHICS Plus. If both Windows and STATGRAPHICS
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Plus reside on your server, the end-user must have read-write
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access to the server's Windows registry. If Windows resides
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on the workstation, the STATGRAPHICS Plus registry information
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must be written to the Windows registry on the workstation. The
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CD Rom contains a program called serial.exe that you must run
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on each client workstation to write the serial number to the
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registry. Note: Serial.exe can be found on the CD-ROM. Run this
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executable from the client machine providing the installation
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serial number.
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7. When adding users to a Network installation, run AddUsers.exe on
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the server. Enter the total number of users in the dialog box
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displayed with the Password you were given when you purchased the
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additional licenses. AddUsers.exe may be found in the same
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directory as the main sgwin.exe.
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8. If you enter an incorrect serial number while installing the
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program, you do not have to reinstall the entire system. Instead,
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copy the file serial.exe from the CD Rom to the directory
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containing sgwin.exe. Then execute it and enter the correct
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serial number.
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You CANNOT run STATGRAPHICS Plus directly from the CD-ROM.
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C) Manuals
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If you have the Standard Edition, the only manual you need
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is the printed STATGRAPHICS Plus Base System manual.
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This manual can also be found online under the Help - Access
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On-line Manuals menu item.
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If you have Quality and Design, you will need the
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STATGRAPHICS Plus Base System manual and the
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Quality and Design manuals which are available online under
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the Help menu item.
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If you have the Professional version or an Enterprise Edition,
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you will need the STATGRAPHICS Plus Base System manual and
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the Quality and Design, the Multivariate Methods, the Time-Series
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Analysis, and the Advanced Regression manuals which are available
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online.
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D) Online Manuals
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The electronic Version 5 Base System Manual, Quality and Design,
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Multivariate Methods, Time-Series Analysis, and Advanced Regression
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Manuals are accessible from within STATGRAPHICS under the Help menu
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item. The calculations, glossary, and references are also available.
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E) Preferences and Graphics Options
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There is a Preferences dialog box under the Edit menu. This
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dialog box lets you set system defaults that will be used for all
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analyses in all sessions, unless changed.
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Preferences for system options, graphics, link behavior and a
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directory for temporary files can be set in this dialog box.
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Graphics options, including Profiles, are grouped on a tabbed
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dialog box. To access Graphics Options, click the right mouse
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button on the graph you want to edit.
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The default graphic profile for Version 5 is colored lines,
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points, and type on a white background. Profiles are also
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available for System (color, dark background) and System (black
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and white).
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Use the Skip option on the Axis dialog box to remove axis labels.
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Skipping produces a less cluttered appearance which allows for
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clearer display and printing. It is not the same as By which sets
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the interval between tickmarks.
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F) StatFolio
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When combining StatFolios, you must have the first one open before
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selecting Combine.
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Closing a StatFolio will close the associated DataSheet,
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StatGallery, and StatReporter.
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G) StatGallery
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The maximum number of graphic panes allowed in the StatGallery
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is one hundred with an unlimited number of text panes. The
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StatGallery can cause problems when you are working at or
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attempting to go beyond this limit. You may experience a system
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crash if you have reached the limit and attempt to exceed the
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limit or cut/delete and paste at the limit level.
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We recommend limiting the number of graphic panes to 95.
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To copy a StatGallery pane to the StatReporter or other
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application, click the right mouse button from the StatGallery
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and select Copy from the pop-up menu.
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In order to use the Paste Special feature, select Picture
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(Metafile) or Bitmap. Do NOT select the SGWIN (StatFolios)
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format.
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H) StatReporter
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The Copy Analysis to StatReporter allows you to copy all of the
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text and graphics panes from the active analysis to the
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StatReporter with one click of the mouse.
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Use Copy and Paste or Paste Special to copy one pane at a time.
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In order to use the Paste Special feature, select Picture
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(Metafile) or Bitmap. Do NOT select the SGWIN (StatFolios)
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format.
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I) Print Drivers
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Outdated or poorly programmed third-party video or printer
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drivers are sometimes responsible for printing and font
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problems. To isolate this possibility, reconfigure your
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system with the standard VGA driver supplied with Windows
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and then see if the problem recurs. You might also want to
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run the Control Panel and select a Microsoft-standard
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printer driver as your default printer.
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To cooperatively help our combined user bases, several software
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manufacturers have constructed a printer driver database for
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users to access. This database includes compatible printer
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driver information which describes alternate drivers
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you can use in place of the one that you're using now,
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as well as which setup options you should modify to eliminate
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specific problems.
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For more detailed information and a link to the database, please
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visit:
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http://www.leadcommander.com/tib3019.html
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J) Print Preview
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If the Print Preview for the StatAdvisor or any other text pane
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is unreadable on your system, it may be necessary to change the
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default font selection for the pane.
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To change the font, maximize the StatAdvisor or text window,
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then from the main menu select Edit...Change Text Font.
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Courier type fonts are recommended. You may want to experiment
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with the fonts available on your system to find the optimal for
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your system.
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K) Quality and Design
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The Version 5 Quality and Design manuals are available in
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electronic format. For more information on how to use this new
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format, please refer to Section D of this README file.
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Excluded data points for MR(2) charts drop to the lower control
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line.
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The worksheet spaces for DOE default to 128 lines for large
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experiments. Use the pane options to modify the worksheet.
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L) ODBC
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We have refined our ODBC implementation in Version 5.
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When you query a database, the Query Database
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dialog box now includes a field for SCHEMA options for
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users that work with shared databases.
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When using ODBC to connect to Excel files, STATGRAPHICS
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Plus assumes the first row is a variable name and does
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not bring in the numbers from the first row. If you
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do not have variable names in the first row, put in
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a blank row to "import" your data properly.
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M) Miscellaneous
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1. The StatWizard displays each time you start STATGRAPHICS Plus.
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To change this, de-select the "Show the StatWizard at Startup"
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option at the bottom of the initial StatWizard dialog box.
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2. The DataSheet is now maximized each time you start STATGRAPHICS
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Plus. The DataSheet must be minimized manually. You cannot
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change this default. This default does not create memory
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problems.
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3. When combining StatFolios or DataSheets, you must have the
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first one open before selecting Combine.
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4. StatLink, by default, looks at the current DataSheet.
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5. To de-select the Locate or Zoom feature, click on Select.
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6. When using Locate from the right mouse button pop-up menu,
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use the mouse for general positioning and then use the arrow
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keys for fine-tuning. The arrow keys move the "locate" line
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one pixel at a time.
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7. The Radar Plot scaling is set from the initial data. If you
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have a second plot with a different range of data, create a
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new plot by using Plot...Exploratory Plots...Radar/Spider Plot.
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We do not recommend changing the variable by accessing the
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input dialog box from the first plot.
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8. The Data Editor in Version 5 of STATGRAPHICS Plus
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has a capacity of 1024 columns by 999,999 rows. In
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practice, the limitations on dataset size are determined
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by the resources available on your computer. A minimal
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configuration (32 MB of RAM and limited virtual
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memory on the hard drive) will not permit you to load
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large datasets.
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N) StatPublish
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When publishing graphs, you have the option to select "Add
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interactivity to applets". If selected, users may identify points
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on scatterplots by clicking on them. However, the graphs will look
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somewhat different than when originally created, and certain
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features such as 3-D effects and certain text fonts will not
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be supported. To insure that the graphs look identical to when
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originally created, do not select this option.
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O) StatFolio Start-up Scripts
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To open a StatFolio from the Windows "Run" line, enter a statement
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such as
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sgwin.exe "c:\data\My Statfolio.sgp"
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You may also use the Windows "Document" list by double-clicking on
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the desired StatFolio.
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P) Support Information
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See the "How to get Help" card found in the installation
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packet. This card contains information on how to obtain help.
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Here are some means of communication that you may not be aware of:
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- Telephone Support: 301-984-5489
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- E-mail Access: answer@manu.com
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- Web site: http://www.statgraphics.com
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