Inserting Plots from Windows Explorer
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FCS Express provides a variety of ways to open and select data files for plots. These options allow you to choose your preferred method of opening a plot from a file. In addition to the methods described above, you can select files directly from Windows Explorer and then plot them with FCS Express.
Opening a new plot with a file from Windows Explorer:
| 1. | Open Windows Explorer. |
| 2. | Navigate to the FCS Express Sample Data directory using Windows Explorer. |
| 3. | Select the file GFPSample.002 in Windows Explorer. |
| 4. | Press and hold down the left mouse button and drag the file GFPSample.002 onto the layout in FCS Express. |
The Select Plot Types... dialog appears as previously shown in Figure T2.8.
| 5. | Select Dot from the Choose Plot Type(s) to open window on the Select Plot Types... dialog. |
| 6. | Click OK. |
A 2D Dot Plot of GFPSample.002 will now appear on the layout using default settings.
Dragging and dropping data from Windows Explorer onto the Layout