Anritsu Series MS278XB operation manual Drop-down Menu Bar, File, View

Instrument Overview Graphical User Interface Overview

Drop-down Menu Bar

The drop-down menus along the top of the screen conform to MS-Windows standards. They provide consistent application interfacing as that found in standard MS-Windows applications. In addition, there are menu selections that allow you to activate the major/minor functions found on the front panel assembly.

Figure 3-7.Drop-down Menu Bar

File

The File drop-down menu provides access to saving and recalling instrument setups, exporting trace data, opening Windows File Explorer, or exiting the instrument application. The File drop-down menu can be quickly accessed using the Alt-F keyboard combination.

Figure 3-8.File Drop-down Menus

View

The View drop-down menu provides access to display control and facilitates access to the Windows Taskbar. The View drop-down menu can be quickly accessed using the Alt-V keyboard combination.

Figure 3-9.View Drop-down Menus

Taskbar

When you select Taskbar, the Windows Taskbar will be displayed allowing you to access the Windows operating system and other third party software applications.

Desktop

This menu selection minimizes all open windows and shows the desktop.

Inverse Video

The Inverse Video selection inverts the video colors of the graph area. This is useful to enhance the contrast between certain colors and for extracting graphical data to display in print format.

Message Log

Selecting Message Log opens the instrument message log on page 3-35.

MS278XB OM 3-13