Customizing TRIOS Properties

The appearance of many of the components in TRIOS can be customized. You can customize settings that apply to the entire program, or select properties that apply to individual components within the application.

1. NOTE: The TRIOS software Application options are global settings applicable to the computer where the program is installed. Therefore, if you open more than one copy of the program, these settings are shared.

For an overview of document properties and how they work, refer to Understanding Document Properties.

Customizing the Application Settings

To select the application options, follow these steps:

• Click the TRIOS button at the top left corner of the application. This opens the window shown below.

• Click Options (circled in the image above). This display window allows you to customize user settings, display settings, and file settings. For more information on Options, refer to the Help topic Setting TRIOS Options.

• Choose the desired settings and click OK.

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Accessing and Customizing Properties

Individual components within TRIOS are customized through the Properties panel.

To access this panel:

• With a TRIOS document open, click on the desired component (such as a graph, for example).
• Right-click and select Properties from the pop-up menu. The associated settings for the selected items display.
• NOTE: You can display the Properties panel for most components by double-clicking on that component. For example, double-click on an axis to open the Properties panel for that axis.

Follow the tips below when using a Properties panel:

• Choose a component for customization by displaying the Properties panel, then selecting the desired component from the drop-down list at the top of the panel. [This list will contain only those items available within the same component.]
• Save and restore the selected properties by using the icons at the top of the Properties panel.

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Saving and Restoring Property Settings

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To Customize the Experimental Setup Properties

Customize the color scheme of the bars displayed in the Experiment panel as follows:

• Click on the Experiment view tab at the bottom of the window.
• Right-click and select Properties from the pop-up menu.

• NOTE: You can also double-click on the row header to open the Properties panel.

• Click on the desired property to display the arrow or button . Then choose your option from the drop-down list or window.

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Saving and Restoring Property Settings

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To Customize the Spreadsheet Properties

General Spreadsheet

The spreadsheet properties allow you to customize the general properties (such as font and color) associated with the spreadsheet. Follow these steps to customize the general spreadsheet properties:

• Click on the desired Spreadsheet view tab at the bottom of the window.
• Right-click and select Properties from the pop-up menu.

• NOTE: You can also double-click on the row header to open the Properties panel.

• Select Spreadsheet Properties from the drop-down list.
• Click on the desired property to display either an arrow or button . Then choose your option from the drop-down list or window.

 

• All Cells: Choose the desired font and size, text color, and cell background color to apply to all cells in the spreadsheet.

• Selection: You must first select the desired cells to change, then set the text color and background color using this property.
• Alternating Row: If you want a different color for alternating rows in your spreadsheet, set "Enable" to Yes then select the desired color. If you do not want a different color for alternating rows (all cells will be the same), set "Enable" to No.
• Headers: Use this property set to choose the desired color and font to be used for the column header text.
• Miscellaneous : Set "Show blank space" to No to hide any empty cells or to Yes to show any empty cells. The color selected for "Modified flash color" is used as an indicator that data was modified.

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Saving and Restoring Property Settings

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Spreadsheet Contents

The spreadsheet content properties allow you to customize the selected variable, units, label, numerical format, and precision. (These settings are also available using the spreadsheet menu.) Follow these steps to customize the spreadsheet content properties:

• Click on the desired Spreadsheet view tab at the bottom of the window.
• Click on a column header.
• Right-click and select Properties from the pop-up menu.

• NOTE: You can also double-click on the column header to open the Properties panel.

• Click on the desired property to display either an arrow or button . Then choose your option from the drop-down list or window.
  • Number format:  Select from the available formats—decimal, significant figures, scientific (notation), general, time, or angle. (The angle format only applies to specific variables.)
  • Precision: Select the desired value from one to ten. This defines the number of digits displayed, based on the number format selected.

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Saving and Restoring Property Settings

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To Customize the Graph Properties

General Graph

The graph properties allow you to customize the general graph settings, such as color, plot line, legend display, y-axes layout. Many of these common functions are also available through the Graph and Curves tabs. Follow these steps to customize the general graph properties:

• Click inside the graph area.
• Right-click and select Properties from the pop-up menu.
• Select Graph Properties from the drop-down list.
• Click on the desired property to display either an arrow or button . Then choose your option from the drop-down list or window displayed.

• Background: Use this set of properties to set up the Use the background area setting to select between background settings for the entire control window or to have separate options for the plot area and plot borders. If you select "plot area separate," additional properties will be available. background area, Use background style to set the color fill options within the graph pane. No fill displays a white background. Solid fill displays one color through the whole window. Linear gradient displays a transition between two colors through the screen. Image can be used to display a picture as the graph background. If you select linear gradient, this sets the background to transition from one color to another. Color gradients are fully customizable. The colors can be transitioned from multiple positions (direction and angle) on the plot with multiple effects. background style, Select the desired color from the list.color, and Choose a transparency value between 0 and 100. This sets the background so that it is fully transparent (0 percent) or solid color (100 percent).transparency .
• NOTE: Once the separate plot area and border is chosen, two background style options areas will be displayed—one for the plot area and one for the border.
• NOTE: With the Solid Fill option selected, one color option will be displayed.
• Defaults: Use this set of properties to set the default conditions for the These properties are also accessible by right clicking on an annotation and clicking edit or properties. You can modify the annotation's text colors, fonts, and styles. In addition, you can set up the default properties that will be used for the annotation border and arrows by selecting the color, shading, and styles.graph annotations and/or These properties are also accessible by right clicking on a drawing object and clicking properties. You can set up the default properties that are used for drawn objects by selecting the line color, style, and thickness. Object fill color and transparency may also be set.drawing objects. When one or more default objects are displayed, they each have their own unique settings that can be modified. These settings are not saved as part of the presentation; only the defaults are saved.
• Display: Choose yes or no to enable or disable display of the legend, plot title, invalid points, and breaks in the curve. Invalid points are defined through the spreadsheet.
• Layout: Select from the drop-down lists to set up the properties Y-axes layout allows you to display the axes information for Y3 and Y4 inside the plot on the same line as Y1 and Y2, or on separate axes lines.Y Axes layout and Auto sized axes allows you to change the axes widths. If no is selected, a drop-down list of all axes sizes will be displayed for optional modifications.Autosize axes.
• Plot Line: Use the plot line options to set up various border effects around the plot. Border line style, width, color, and effects may all be modified using these options.
• Axes: Use this set of properties to modify the label font typeface and size, major tick font typeface and size, and minor tick font size.

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Saving and Restoring Property Settings

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Axis – X1, Y1, Y2, Y3, and Y4

The axis properties allow you to customize the axis settings such as variable selection, scaling, tick mark, and color preferences. Follow these steps to customize the axis properties:

• Click on the desired axis.
• Right-click and select Properties from the pop-up menu.
• NOTE: You can also double-click on the axis to open the Properties panel.
• Select the axis that you want to modify from the drop-down list.
• Click on the desired property to display either an arrow or button . Then choose your option from the drop-down list or window.

• Grid: To apply grid lines to a single axis’ tick divisions, select Major grid or Minor grid. You can also configure a single grid line through zero.
• Grid (all axes): Select the grid color, line style, and line width from the list of available options.
• Tick marks: Select from the displayed options to customize the tick mark display, labels, font type and size for major and minor ticks, and to customize log tick marks. Using these options you can turn the tick marks on or off. Select the position of the tick marks to display them on the outside, inside, or through the axis line. You can also choose to display ticks at major tick intervals, or display them at the minimum and maximum values of the plot.
• Axis Line: Set "Axis line at value" to Yes to display the axis line at your entered value.

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Saving and Restoring Property Settings

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Graph Legend

Enable the legend by selecting Format tab > and selecting the Legendoption from the Show toolbar.

To customize the legend, select Legend from the Format tab, and then make your customizations using the Legend menu.

Additionally, click on the Legend and then right-click and select Properties from the pop-up menu. Then select Legend from the drop-down menu. The Legend properties allow you to customize display settings such as image contents and border preferences.

Click on the desired property to display either an arrow or button . Then choose your option from the drop-down list or window.

• Legend: Select Select which items you want to appear in the legend: Line, Line Style, Symbol, Extra Symbol, and Unitsimage contents.
• Border: Use the border options to set up the border around the legend. Select from the following style options: No border, Thin Border, Thick Border, or Double Border. Border line style, color, and shadow effects may all be modified. Shadow transparency uses the shadow color specified (0 = fully transparent, 100 = no transparency)

See Adding Objects to a Graph for more information regarding customizing the Legend.

See Also

Saving and Restoring Property Settings

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Graph Title

Enable the graph title by selecting Format tab and then clicking Title from the Show toolbar. Once the title is enabled, use the Format tab to customize the display settings, such as font and color.

Use the border options in the Properties panel to set up various border effects around the title. Border line style, color, and shadow effects may all be modified. Shadow transparency uses the shadow color specified (0 = fully transparent, 100 = no transparency).

• Right-click and select Properties from the pop-up menu.
• NOTE: You can also double-click on the title to open the Properties panel.
• Select Title from the drop-down list.
• Click on the desired border property to display either an arrow or button . Then choose your option from the drop-down list or window displayed.

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Saving and Restoring Property Settings

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Graph Objects

After you have created a graph object (see Adding Objects to a Graph for instructions), you can alter the shape fill and shape outline properties of that object from the Shape toolbar in the Edit tab. Transparency saturation using the fill color specified (0 = fully transparent, 100 = no transparency) can be altered from the Properties panel.

Follow these steps to access the Properties panel:

• Click on the graph object (annotation, shape, etc).
• Right-click and select Properties from the pop-up menu.
• NOTE: You can also double-click on the graph object to open the Properties panel.
• Click on the desired property to display either an arrow or button . Then choose your option from the drop-down list or window displayed.

For information on customizing annotations, see Adding Objects to a Graph.

See Also
Saving and Restoring Property Settings

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Units

To change the default units for the whole program, see Setting TRIOS Options.

See Also
Saving and Restoring Property Settings

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Customizing the TRIOS Layout

In addition to being able to customize the properties of various components in TRIOS, you can also set up the workspace as desired.

For information on changing the workspace, see Customizing the TRIOS Panel Layout.

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