Applied Biosystems 7900HT User Manual page 76

Chapter 2 Getting Started
Exercise 2:
Selecting Multiple
Wells
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The SDS software provides several methods for selecting wells from the plate grid.
The following exercise will familiarize you with most of them.
1. Select a block of wells from the plate grid by doing one of the following:
• Click and drag the mouse cursor across the block of wells, or
• Click the well at the top-left corner of the block. Then while holding-down
the Shift key, click the well at the bottom-right corner of the block.
The software outlines the selected wells with a black border.
2. Select several isolated wells of the plate grid by doing of the following:
a. Hold-down the Ctrl key, and click individual wells to select them.
The software outlines the selected wells with a black border.
b. While holding down the Ctrl key, click the wells to de-select them.
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