Use the Insert Tab to insert objects on the current layout page. The objects you can insert are located in five groups:

 

General

 

Shapes (Line, Arrow, Ellipse, Rectangle), Text Box, Gate View, Picture, Data Grid

 

Spreadsheet

 

New spreadsheet

 

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.