Use the Insert Tab to insert objects on the current layout page. The objects you can insert are located in four groups:
| • | General | 
Shapes (Line, Arrow, Ellipse, Rectangle), Text Box, Gate View, Picture, Data Grid
| • | 1D Plots | 
Histogram, Kinetics, Multicycle DNA, Proliferation, Bar, Pie
| • | 2D Plots | 
Dot, Density, Color Dot, Contour, Surface, Picture Plot, Scatter, Scatter with Regression
| • | Other Plots | 
Heat Map
To insert an object on the layout page in the default size:
| 1. | Click on the command within the group. | 
| 2. | Position your cursor at the point on the layout page where you would like the upper left corner of the object to be. | 
| 3. | Click on the layout page and FCS Express will position your object there. | 
To insert an object on the layout page in a custom size:
| 1. | Click on the command within the group. | 
| 2. | Drag a sizing rectangle on the layout while holding down the mouse button. | 
| 3. | Release the mouse. The object will be inserted into the sizing rectangle. |