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The Home tab contains commands related to using the Clipboard and printing data sheets. It also contains statistical tools such as the Monte Carlo data simulation tool and the Quick Parameter Estimator.

Clipboard

  Paste

• • Paste All pastes the formats, formulas and values of the contents of the Clipboard to the current folio or spreadsheet.

  • Paste Values pastes only the values from the Clipboard to the current folio or spreadsheet.

  • Paste Formats pastes only the formats from the Clipboard to the current folio or spreadsheet.

  • Paste Formulas pastes only the formulas from the Clipboard to the current folio or spreadsheet.

  Cut cuts the selected text to the Clipboard. Data stored in the Clipboard can be pasted into any data sheet within the application or in other applications.

  Copy copies the selected text to the Clipboard. Data stored in the Clipboard can be pasted into any data sheet within the application or in other documents. If you are copying a plot, the way the plot is copied will depend on your selection in the Plot Copy Type field in the Synthesis Setup window.

  Format Painter allows you to copy the format properties of text in a sheet and apply it to other text. To use the Format Painter, select the text with the format properties that are to be copied and then choose Format Painter. Next, click the text to which the format properties are to be applied.

Edit

  Redo reapplies the previously canceled action. You can redo multiple actions by choosing Redo again.

  Undo cancels the last editing change you made to the sheet.

  Delete deletes the selected text.

  Clear

• • Clear All deletes the contents and format of the selected cell(s), but does not delete the actual cell(s).

  • Clear Values deletes only the contents of the selected cell(s). The format will be retained.

  • Clear Formats deletes only the format of the selected cell(s). The contents will be retained.

  Format Selection opens the Format submenu, which contains the following commands.

• • Alignment allows you to set the alignment properties of the selected text.

  • Borders allows you to customize the borders of selected cells.

  • Font Color opens the Color window, which allows you to set the color of the selected text.

  • Fill Color opens the Color window, which allows you to set the color used to fill the selected cell(s).

  • Fill Pattern opens the Cells Patterns window, which allows you to set the fill color, pattern color and fill pattern properties of the selected cell(s).

  • Select Font opens the Font window, which allows you to set the font, style and size of the selected text.

  • Custom Number opens the Format Cells-Number window, which allows you to set the format for how numbers in the selected cell(s) will displayed.

  • Column Width Style allows you to set the column width of the selected cells.

  • • Span Evenly spans the columns across the spreadsheet with equal width.

    • Span Proportionally keeps the ratio of the column widths to span across the spreadsheet after they have been resized.

    • Keep As Set By User keeps the column width settings defined by the user.

  • Column Width opens the Column Width window, which allows you to set the column width of the selected cells. Enter the desired width in the input box. You can select the units of measurement (characters, inches or centimeters) from the Units drop-down list. To use the default column width, click Use Default. Click OK to accept the column width selections and apply them to the current Spreadsheet. Click Cancel to cancel any changes made in the Column Width window. You can change the default column width by clicking Change Default. This will open the Default Column Width window, which allows you to set a default column width. This window has the same options as the Column Width window.

  • Row Height opens the Row Height window, which allows you to set the row height of the selected cells. The Row Height window works the same way the Column Width window works, with the additional option of automatically setting the row height based on contents.

  • Freeze Panes allows you to lock a specific row on the spreadsheet so that the contents of the selected row will always be visible on screen no matter how far you scroll to the right or down. Changes cannot be made to a frozen row.

  • Merge Cells combines selected cells to form one cell.

  • Unmerge Cells separates merged cells into the original individual cells.

  Select All selects all of the cells in the currently active sheet.

  Find opens the Find window, which allows you to search through the active sheet for text and/or numbers in values or formulas and, if desired, replace the found material.

  Spelling activates the Spell Check utility, which allows you to check the spelling within the current sheet.

Print

  Print sends the current data sheet or spreadsheet to the printer.

  Print Preview opens the Print Preview window, which allows you to view how the current data sheet or spreadsheet will appear on the printed page.  

  Page Setup opens the Page Setup window, which allows you to specify printing options.

  Print Layout displays the page boundary lines on the reliability block diagram (RBD). Everything within the boundary lines will appear on the printed page and this view allows you to make any necessary adjustments to the final look of the diagram before sending it to the printer.

Tools

  Weibull++ Monte Carlo opens the Weibull++ Monte Carlo utility, which allows you to generate a data set that fits a specified life distribution or user-defined model. The generated data set can then be analyzed like any other data set and used in a variety of applications such as in the analysis of probabilistic design models or to compare the data generated from simulation with actual field data.

  ALTA Monte Carlo opens the ALTA Monte Carlo utility, which allows you to generate a data set that fits a specified life distribution and life-stress relationship at specified stress conditions. The generated data set can then be analyzed like any other data set and used in a variety of applications such as in the analysis of probabilistic design models or to compare the data generated from simulation with actual field data.  

  Non-Linear Equation Root Finder opens the Non-Linear Equation Root Finder utility, which allows you to solve for the root of any user-defined non-linear equation. This helps you eliminate some of the guesswork of solving for the value of the unknown variable that brings the function as close to zero as possible.

  Quick Statistical Reference opens the Quick Statistical Reference utility, which allows you to calculate common statistical values such as median ranks, chi-squared values and student's t values. It also includes a polynomial interpolation/extrapolation function, which allows you to obtain new data points from a set of known data points that you provide.

  Quick Parameter Estimator (W++) opens the Weibull++ version of the QPE, which allows you to estimate the parameters of a distribution based on information you have about the reliability of a product, the probability of an event occurring or the typical duration of a task.

  Quick Parameter Estimator (ALTA) opens the ALTA version of the QPE, which allows you to estimate the parameters of a model based on information you have about the reliability of a product at normal and accelerated stress levels.  

Launch

  Another Synthesis Application provides a drop-down list of the other Synthesis applications that are installed on your computer. When you click an icon, the same database will automatically be opened in the new application.