The standard toolbar provides a quick shortcut to many frequently used functions. You can customize the buttons that appear on the standard toolbar using the customize toolbar menu item (under the Tools menu). The buttons available for the standard toolbar are shown below.
File commands
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Opens a new text window for typing in data or Genstat commands |
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Open file in new text or spreadsheet window, according to file contents |
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Save contents of current window (prompting for a file name if untitled) |
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Save contents of all open windows or files |
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Print contents of current window |
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Opens a new, blank, spreadsheet |
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Opens an example data file |
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Opens a file from a URL |
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Save session |
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Send file as an email attachment |
Window commands
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Brings the Output window to the top |
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Clears the Output window |
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Brings the Event Log into view |
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Opens or raises Graphics Viewer |
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Brings the previous window topmost |
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Brings the next window topmost |
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Displays a list of open windows |
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Opens the graph selector |
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Closes the current window |
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Toggles the display of the Window Navigator tab |
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Toggles the display of the QTL Data view tab |
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Toggles the display of the Start Page |
Edit commands
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Cut selection and place it on the Clipboard |
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Copy selection onto the Clipboard |
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Paste Clipboard contents; insert at the current point |
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Undoes the last operation in a text or spreadsheet window |
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Re-does the last undone operation in a text or spreadsheet window |
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Copies selection of text as RTF table |
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Copy selection of text to new text window |
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Paste text to new text window |
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Indents selected text left one tab stop |
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Indents selected text right one tab stop |
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Copy filename to clipboard |
Search commands
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Find string in current window |
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Find next occurrence of search string in current window |
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Find previous occurrence of search string in current window |
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Find string in current window and replace with another |
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Move cursor to specified line in a text window, or cell in a spreadsheet |
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Go back to last position in text editor or spreadsheet |
Data commands
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Opens the calculate menu |
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Displays data in a hierarchical view |
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Deletes all the data from the server |
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Loads data from file directly in Genstat server |
Submit commands to Genstat
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Submit command to Genstat. Sends selection from the current window; if no selection sends entire contents of current window. If the current window is a spreadsheet, sends commands to update modified data |
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Recycle commands. Submits the current window and clears the Output window before displaying the new results |
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Submits commands from the current line onwards |
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Submits commands from the start of file to the current line |
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Restarts the Genstat Server. This should only be necessary if it appears not to be responding |
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Clears the Output window and restarts the Genstat Server |
Navigate using Bookmarks
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Toggles a bookmark at the current position |
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Moves to the next bookmark |
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Displays current bookmarks |
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Add or display a note for the current bookmark |
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Clears all bookmarks from the text windows and spreadsheets |
Navigate error messages
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Moves cursor to the next error message in the Output window |
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Moves cursor to the previous error message in the Output window |
Help
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Invoke Help on Genstat |
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Search for help on a specific item |
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Computer-Assisted Statistics Textbooks (CAST) |
Miscellaneous commands
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Controls whether syntax highlighting is used in the current window |
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Change font and colours used in current window or spreadsheet |
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Repeats the last menu command |
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Change the working directory |
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Exit from Genstat |
See also
- About toolbars
- Spreadsheet toolbar
- Active spreadsheet toolbar
- Customize toolbar dialog for customizing a toolbar