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DPlot has a set of keyboard shortcuts that you can use to carry out commands and select dialog box options directly from the keyboard - by using these shortcut keys, you bypass the menus. With other shortcut keys, you can move, select, and edit large documents more efficiently.

Keys that must be pressed sequentially are shown separated by a comma; keys that must be pressed at the same time are shown separated by a plus sign.

Help keys

To

Press

Switch to Help window

F1

Switch to context-sensitive Help

SHIFT+F1

 

Editing

To

Press

Carry out an action

ENTER

Cancel an action

ESC

Clear the selection

DELETE

Copy the active document to the Clipboard

CTRL+C

Paste data from the Clipboard

CTRL+V

 

Working with files

To

Press

Create a new document

CTRL+N

Save the active document with the Save command on the File menu

CTRL+S

Open an existing file

CTRL+O

Print the active document

CTRL+P

Close the active document

CTRL+F4

Quit DPlot

ALT+F4

 

Working with windows

To

Press

Select the menu bar

ALT or F10

Select the DPlot Control menu

ALT+SPACEBAR

Select the document Control menu

ALT+HYPHEN

Close the document window

CTRL+F4

Switch to the next open document window

CTRL+F6

Switch to the previous open document window

CTRL+SHIFT+F6

Tile document windows vertically

SHIFT+F4

Tile document windows horizontally

SHIFT+F6

Arrange all open documents as overlapped windows with the active document on top.

SHIFT+F5

Zoom all (show entire plot extents after zooming in)

CTRL+1

Zoom in on the current mouse position by a factor of 2 for XY plots and 2D views of 3D data.

CTRL+2 or CTRL++ (Plus sign on the numeric keypad)

Zoom in on the current mouse position by a factor of 3, 4, or 5 for XY plots and 2D views of 3D data.

CTRL+3, CTRL+4, CTRL+5

Zoom out

CTRL+- (CTRL key and the minus sign on the numeric keypad)

 

Within dialog boxes with text formatting codes

To

Press

Subscript

CTRL+

Superscript

CTRL+

Insert Symbol

CTRL+S

Bold

CTRL+B

Italic

CTRL+I

Underline

CTRL+U

Double size

CTRL+2

Color

CTRL+K

 

3D Views of 3D/4D data:

To

Press

Decrease azimuth by 1 degree

CTRL+

Increase azimuth by 1 degree

CTRL+

Decrease elevation by 1 degree

CTRL+

Increase elevation by 1 degree

CTRL+

Decrease azimuth by 5 degrees

CTRL+SHIFT+

Increase azimuth by 5 degrees

CTRL+SHIFT+

Decrease elevation by 5 degrees

CTRL+SHIFT+

Increase elevation by 5 degrees

CTRL+SHIFT+

Please note: These shortcuts work best with simple plots: no more than a few thousand data points, antialiasing and lighting turned off. For the fastest rendering, use a wireframe rendering and turn off antialiasing using the right-click menu:

Once you have the view angles you want, you can then quickly switch back to a normal surface plot and add antialiasing if you like with this same right-click menu.

 

 


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