Starting the program....
To set up LabAnalyst on your computer, you need two files
on your disk: the program and the small 'LAprefs' file, which stores user
preferences for screen colors, various operational defaults and display
options, etc. Both the program and the preferences file must be in
the same folder. Actually, LAprefs is optional; without it the program
will use built-in defaults. At any time you can use the 'save settings'
option in the File menu (see below) to save your own set of custom preferences
in 'LAprefs'.
In order to do anything useful with LabAnalyst, you need to load a data file. Specially-formatted Warthog-type files (the ones with the warthog icons; see the Warthog File Formats page) work best. Warthog-format files contain a lot of information about data acquisition conditions, starting dates and times, markers, etc. You can also load spreadsheet data or Sable-format files.
NEW VERSION with 16 CHANNELS!
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| File Menu | Edit Menu: normal operations |
| Edit Menu: respirometry functions | Analysis Menu |
| View Menu | Channels Menu |
| Scripts Menu | Help / Special Menu (Output menu in early versions) |
There is also an on-line help function, which can be found in the "help" menu (in OS 8 or higher), "special" menu (OS X) or in the Apple menu:
Throughout
this manual, the 
symbol
indicates use of the command key for keyboard control. For example,
+O means "command+O".
Also, a small button symbol such as this one: 
indicates that you can select this menu item
from one of the buttons in the 'tool bar' at the bottom of the plot area,
as well as from the menu bar.
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