Tools, Customizing Minitab, and Setting Options (Tools Menu)

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1 Tools, Customizing Minitab, and Setting Options (Tools Menu)

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3 Table Of Contents Table Of Contents Tools Menu... 5 Tools Overview... 5 Toolbars... 5 Status Bar Customize Menus and Toolbars Options Manage Profiles Index Copyright Minitab Inc. All rights reserved. 3

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5 Tools Menu Tools Menu Tools Overview Use the Tools menu to: Add new user-defined tools Display and hide tool and status bars Customize Minitab's menus, toolbars, and shortcut keys Change Minitab's default options Create user profiles to store multiple Minitab configurations User-defined tools If you have an application or web address that you access frequently, you can add to the Tools menu using Tools > Customize > Tools. Minitab provides the following default user tools: Microsoft Calculator - opens the Microsoft Calculator application. Notepad - opens Notepad. Windows Explorer - opens Windows Explorer. Answers Database - links to the Answers Database at Minitab's official website where you can get answers to frequently asked customer support questions. Contact Us - links to the contact page of Minitab's official website where you can find information on how to contact Minitab sales, customer support, or training staff. Minitab tools Toolbars - display or hide available default toolbars. Status Bar - display or hide the Status Bar. Customize - customize and create toolbars, menus, shortcut keys, and more. Options - change your default options for many Minitab commands and functionality. Manage Profiles - manage, import, and export profiles of your Minitab options and customizations settings. Toolbars Toolbar Overview Tools > Toolbar > choose a toolbar Toolbars are a quick way to issue Minitab commands: just click on a tool button perform an action or open a dialog box. When you first launch Minitab, only the Standard toolbar, the Project Manager toolbar, and the Worksheet toolbar are visible at the top of the screen. Use Tools > Toolbar to show or hide toolbars. You also can show, hide, create, or delete toolbars using Tools > Customize > Toolbars. Minitab provides the following default toolbars: Standard Project Manager Worksheet Graph Editing Tools Graph Annotation Tools 3D Graph Tools Factorial Designs Response Surface Designs Mixture Designs Taguchi Designs Note Minitab toolbars are detachable. You can click on them and drag them anywhere within the Minitab environment. Detached toolbars always remain on top of any windows. Copyright Minitab Inc. All rights reserved. 5

6 Tools, Customizing Minitab, and Setting Options Tip Move the mouse pointer over the tool and wait for a moment to get more information about the tool: the label of the tool will appear, and the Status Bar will display a description of the tool. Standard Toolbar Tools > Toolbars > Standard Use this toolbar to access basic Minitab file I/O tools, edit tools, navigation tools, Help, and StatGuide. Toolbar item Click to Open Project Save Project Print Window Cut Copy Paste Undo Redo Edit Last Dialog Previous Command Next Command Find Find Next Cancel a Find or Replace in progress Open Help Open the StatGuide Project Manager Toolbar Tools > Toolbars > Project Manager Use this toolbar to access Project Manager folders and information. Click a Project Manager toolbar button to open and tile the corresponding Project Manager folder and any related windows. To return to your previous window setup, click the appropriate Project Manager button again. Toolbar item Keyboard Shortcut Displays Session folder Worksheets folder 6 Copyright Minitab Inc. All rights reserved.

7 Tools Menu Graphs folder Worksheet columns folder History folder ReportPad Related Documents Design folder Session window Data window Project Manager Close All Graphs Worksheet Toolbar Tools > Toolbars > Worksheet Use this toolbar to insert or clear cells, rows, and columns, to move columns, and to move to the next or previous brushed row. Toolbar item Use to Insert cell Insert row Insert column Move column Go to Previous brushed row Go to Next brushed row Clear (backspace) Graph Editing Toolbar Tools > Toolbars > Graph Editing By default, this toolbar only appears when the graph window is active. To hide this toolbar, choose Tools > Toolbars > Graph Tools. Toolbar item Use to... Select a graph item for editing. Copyright Minitab Inc. All rights reserved. 7

8 Tools, Customizing Minitab, and Setting Options Bring up editing dialogs for the selected item. Put the active graph in select mode. Put the active graph in brush mode. Put the active graph in crosshairs mode. Put the active DOE contour plot in plant flag mode. Select a graph item to add. Depending on the item, Minitab may prompt you for more information. Delete the selected item. Make the graph appear larger or smaller with the zoom option. 3D Graph Tools Toolbar Tools > Toolbars > 3D Graph Tools Use this toolbar to rotate 3D graphs and 3D surface plot lighting and to resize the data region. By default, this toolbar only appears when a 3D scatterplot, 3D surface plot, or 3D wireframe plot is active. To hide this toolbar, choose Tools > Toolbars > 3D Graph Tools. Toolbar item Use to... Rotate the graph clockwise or counterclockwise about the x-axis. Rotate the graph clockwise or counterclockwise about the y-axis. Rotate the graph clockwise or counterclockwise about the z-axis. Rotate all 3D surface plot lighting clockwise or counterclockwise about the x-axis. For additional lighting controls, see Edit Surface Lights. Rotate all 3D surface plot lighting clockwise or counterclockwise about the y-axis. Rotate all 3D surface plot lighting clockwise or counterclockwise about the z-axis. Increase or decrease the size of the 3D box. (To zoom the graph window in or out, choose Editor > Zoom.) Return the graph to its original position and zoom. Return all lights to their original positions. Also returns other surface lighting options, except brightness, to their original settings. Tip When rotating a graph or graph lighting, click to rotate in small increments; click and hold for continuous rotation. 8 Copyright Minitab Inc. All rights reserved.

9 Tools Menu Graph Annotation Tools Toolbar Tools > Toolbars > Graph Annotation Tools Use the graph annotation tools to add objects such as lines, rectangles, and text to a graph. By default, this toolbar only appears when the Graph window is active. To hide this toolbar, choose Tools > Toolbars > Graph Annotation Tools. Toolbar item Use to... Put the graph in select mode or deselect a selected object. Add text to a graph. Draw rectangles and squares on a graph. Draw ellipses and circles on a graph. Draw lines on a graph. Add marker symbols on a graph. Draw a polyline (a series of connected lines) on a graph. Draw polygons on a graph. Factorial Designs Toolbar Tools > Toolbars > Factorial Designs Use this toolbar to create, analyze, and graph factorial designs. Toolbar item Use to Create a factorial design Define a custom factorial design Preprocess responses for Analyze Variability Analyze a factorial design Analyze the variability in a factorial design Display factorial plots Display contour or surface plots Display overlaid contour plots Optimize responses Modify design Display design Copyright Minitab Inc. All rights reserved. 9

10 Tools, Customizing Minitab, and Setting Options Response Surface Designs Toolbar Tools > Toolbars > Response Surface Designs Use this toolbar to create, analyze, and graph response surface designs. Toolbar item Use to Create a central composite or Box-Behken design Define a custom response surface design Select an optimal design, augment or improve a design or evaluate a design Analyze a response surface design Create contour and surface plots Create overlaid contour plot Optimize the responses Modify response surface designs Display response surface designs Mixture Designs Toolbar Tools > Toolbars > Mixture Designs Use this toolbar to create, analyze, and graph mixture designs. Toolbar item Use to Create a mixture design Define a custom mixture design Select an optimal design, augment or improve a design, or evaluate a design Create simplex plots Create factorial plots Analyze a mixture design Create response trace plots Create contour or surface plots Create overlaid contour plots Optimize responses Modify design Display design Taguchi Designs Toolbar Tools > Toolbars > Taguchi Designs Use this toolbar to create, analyze, and graph Taguchi designs. 10 Copyright Minitab Inc. All rights reserved.

11 Tools Menu Toolbar item Use to Create a Taguchi design Define a custom Taguchi design Analyze a Taguchi design Make predictions with a Taguchi design Modify design Display design To show or hide toolbars To show or hide toolbars from the Tools menu: 1 Choose Tools > Toolbars or right-click on any toolbar. 2 Check or uncheck the toolbar you wish to show or hide. Note You also can use Tools > Customize > Toolbars to create, delete, show, or hide toolbars. Status Bar To show or hide the Status Bar The Status Bar at the bottom of the Minitab window displays helpful messages explaining the currently highlighted menu items and current tools on the Toolbar. To show or hide the status bar 1 Choose Tools > Status Bar. Check or uncheck to control display. Status Bar Tools > Status Bar Displays or hides the Status Bar. A checkmark next to the command indicates that the Status Bar is open. Customize Menus and Toolbars Customize Overview Tools > Customize Right-click on any menubar or toolbar and choose Customize Editing menus and toolbars manually When the Customize dialog box is open, Minitab's menus, toolbars, and toolbar buttons become editable. If you click on a menu, it will open and stay open. You can then click on any menu command, or toolbar button and drag it to other menus or toolbars. Closed menus will open as you drag the menu command or button over them. You also can drag whole menus from one menubar or toolbar to another. When you drag an item over a menu or toolbar, a location bar will indicate where the item will be placed. Right-click on any menu, menu command, or toolbar button while Customize is open to access additional customization tools. Use the right-click menu to: Reset menus, as well as menu command and toolbar buttons or names, to their original defaults Delete or rename items Copy and paste button images from one toolbar button or menu command to another Edit button images Set menu commands or toolbar buttons to show images, text, or both (menu commands can only show text or text and image) Copyright Minitab Inc. All rights reserved. 11

12 Tools, Customizing Minitab, and Setting Options Add group dividers between groups of menus, menu commands, or toolbar buttons Editing using the Customize dialog box In addition to manual editing by clicking and dragging or using the right-click menu while Customize is open, you also can use the Customize dialog box to do the following: Add or remove commands to and from or create new menus, submenus, and toolbars Add, remove, hide, or display toolbars Assign shortcut keys to commands Add new external application tools or web addresses to the Tools menu Reset Minitab's menus to their original (pre-customized) defaults Set options for toolbar display Edit a button image Customizing a Menu, Submenu, Menubar, or Toolbar Tools > Customize > Commands Right-click on any menubar or toolbar and choose Customize > Commands Choose from categories of commands and then click and drag commands from the Commands list box to add them to a menu, submenu, menubar, or toolbar. You also can drag a New Menu command to an menubar or toolbar to create a new custom menu to which you can add commands. Categories: Choose a command category to display different groups of available commands. Commands: Choose a command to drag to a menu, menu bar, or toolbar. Choose New Menu command to create a new menubar. Description: Displays a description of the selected command. Show, hide, create, or delete a toolbar or menubar Tools > Customize > Toolbars Right-click on any menubar or toolbar and choose Customize > Toolbars Create new toolbars, delete existing toolbars, or show or hide existing toolbars. You also can reset one or all toolbars to Minitab's default settings. Toolbars: Highlight a toolbar to reset, rename, or delete. Check or uncheck a toolbar to show or hide in Minitab. Show text labels: Check to have Minitab display text labels below toolbar buttons on any toolbars highlighted in the Toolbars pane. Name Toolbar Tools > Customize > Toolbar > New Right-click on any menubar or toolbar and choose Customize > Toolbar > New Toolbar Name: Type a name for your new toolbar. Add or Remove a User Tool Tools > Customize > Tools Right-click on any menubar or toolbar and choose Customize > Tools Add or remove links to external applications or web addresses on the Tools menu or rearrange the menu order of existing tools. Menu Contents: Use the buttons to add, delete, or reorder links to external application or web addresses. Command: Enter paths to the external applications or web addresses for new tools you have added to Menu Contents. 12 Copyright Minitab Inc. All rights reserved.

13 Tools Menu Arguments: Include an argument to be passed to the application you are adding the link for, such as a specific file to be opened automatically by the application. Initial directory: Create an initial save directory for the application for which you are adding the link. Assign a shortcut key to a command Tools > Customize > Keyboard Right-click on any menubar or toolbar and choose Customize > Keyboard Add a shortcut key to a Minitab command. Categories: Choose a command category. Set Accelerator for: Choose to make the shortcut active only when a selected Minitab window is active. If Default is selected, the shortcut will be active when any Minitab window is active. Commands: Choose a command to add a shortcut to. Current Keys: Displays the shortcut key currently assigned to the selected command. More than one shortcut can be assigned to a command, but only the first set of keystrokes is displayed. Press New Shortcut Key: Press a new set of keystrokes for the selected command. Description: Displays a description of the selected command. Reset Menus Tools > Customize > Menu Right-click on any menubar or toolbar and choose Customize > Menu Resets all menus and submenus, including context menus (menus active only when a specific Minitab window is active), to their default settings. Application Frame Menus: Click <Reset> to return all non-context menus, submenus, and commands to their default settings. Context Menus Select context menu: Choose a context menu to reset or edit. Context menus are active only when a particular window is active. Edit a context menu by choosing the Command tab after the context menu has been selected and is currently displayed. Customizing How Toolbars are Displayed Tools > Customize > Options Right-click on any menubar or toolbar and choose Customize > Options Check or uncheck the available boxes to set how toolbars are displayed. Toolbar Show ScreenTips on toolbars: Check to display ScreenTips (tooltips) for toolbars. Show shortcut keys in ScreenTips: Check to show shortcut keys in toolbar ScreenTips (tooltips). Large Icons: Check to have toolbar buttons displayed with large icons. Editing a Button Image With Customize open, right-click on a toolbar button or menu item and choose Edit Button Image Use the drawing tools to edit an existing button image or create a new button image for a button or menu item. Picture: Edit a zoom-size view of the button image. Each square can be edited with the drawing tools. Copyright Minitab Inc. All rights reserved. 13

14 Tools, Customizing Minitab, and Setting Options Colors: Select a drawing color. Tools: Select a drawing tool to edit the picture palette: Pencil (freehand drawing) Fill the interior of ellipses and squares with the chosen color. Copy a color from a square in the picture palette. Draw a line. Draw a rectangle. Draw an ellipse. Copy the entire button image to paste over another button or to paste into another Edit Button Image picture palette. Paste a copied button image over a button or paste into an Edit Button Image picture palette. Clear entire button image from the picture palette. Preview: View an actual-size preview of the button image you are editing. Right-click Menu (When Customize is Active) Right click on any menu, menu command, or toolbar button Reset - resets menus, as well as menu command and toolbar buttons or names, to their original defaults. Delete - deletes a menu, menu command, or toolbar button. Name button - type a new name for a menu, menu command, or toolbar button. Note If you type a new name for a button image, the title displays only if you have chosen Text or Image and Text. 14 Copyright Minitab Inc. All rights reserved.

15 Tools Menu Tip Add the "&" character before a letter in the title for a menu, menu command, or toolbar button to assign the letter as a shortcut key for the item. If two identical shortcut keys appear on the same menu, only one will be active. Copy button image - copies a button image from one menu command or button to another. Only the image of the command or toolbar button is copied, not the functionality. Paste button image - pastes a button image from one menu command or button to another. Edit button image - access drawing tools for editing a button image. Image - choose to show button image only on toolbars buttons. Text - choose to show text title only on menu commands and toolbar buttons. Image and Text - choose to show button image and text title on menu commands and toolbar buttons. Start Group - add a group divider bar to menus, menu commands, or toolbar buttons. Options Options Tools > Options Use to change and save default settings for various operations. Select any of the following: General set options for memory allocation, choose to have Minitab display a warning about separators on startup, and set the initial directory. Data window set options for data entry arrow direction, column width, and other Data window settings. DDE Links set options for Dynamic Data Exchange. Dialog Box choose whether or not to have dialog boxes display hidden columns. Session window specify automatic saving of the Session window, whether command language is enabled or disabled, how the [Enter] key works in the Session window and the Command Line Editor, and more. Window Layout save the current arrangement of Minitab windows. Graphics set options for managing and displaying all graphs. Individual Graphs set options for individual graphs. Individual Commands set options for opening text or spreadsheet files and for displaying descriptive statistics. Control Charts and Quality Tools define and choose tests for control charts, how to estimate sigma for control charts, and more. Stepwise Regression set the method of stepwise regression to use, parameters, number of alternatives to show, and the display of PRESS and predicted R-square. General Options General Tools > Options > General Use to set memory allocation for worksheets, choose to have Minitab display a warning about separators for data on startup, and set the initial directory for opening and saving files. Note After you click OK in this dialog box, the configuration you specify will activate the next time you start Minitab. Memory Usage: Use the slider to set memory allocation. Move the slider closer to Share nicely to share more memory with other programs currently running. Move the slider closer to Use as much as necessary to share less memory with other programs currently running. Note A worksheet can contain up to 4000 columns, 1000 constants, and up to 10,000,000 rows depending on how much memory your computer has. Display warnings about separators on startup: Check to display warnings about separators when you start Minitab. "Separators" are characters that show how data should be interpreted. Decimal separators show where the decimal point is located between digits. List separators show where one value is distinct from another. The warning message should only display if your International or Regional settings in Windows are not set to English/United States. In the Windows Control Panel under Regional Options, you can change how decimal and list separators appear to match the conventions in your country. If those conventions conflict with Minitab (for example, using semi-colons as list Copyright Minitab Inc. All rights reserved. 15

16 Tools, Customizing Minitab, and Setting Options separators conflicts with Minitab's use of semi-colons to end session commands), you will get a warning message that explains how Minitab will separate decimal numbers and list items. Uncheck to suppress the warning message if you are aware how Minitab interprets decimal numbers and lists. Or suppress it by changing your regional options to match the Minitab default of English/United States. For details, see the documentation for your operating system. Initial directory: Enter the directory to use for opening and saving Minitab files. Default Font Selection Use only fonts appropriate to the regional settings: Uncheck this option if you need to customize Minitab with fonts that are inconsistent with your regional settings. Upon startup, Minitab checks your regional settings to ensure that the fonts it uses are appropriate. If, for example, your regional settings imply the use of Asian characters, Minitab will make sure that all of the fonts specified in Tools > Options support Asian characters. If there is a conflict and this option is checked, Minitab will reset the font to one appropriate to the regional settings. If the option is not checked Minitab will not change fonts based on your regional settings. Data Window Options Data Window General Tools > Options > Data Window > General Use to set general options for the Data window. Clipboard missing value representation: Enter a new missing values for missing values (default is ). See Clipboard Settings. Defaults for New Worksheets Give worksheet window focus when worksheet is opened: Check to have the Data window come to the front of all other windows and become active when you open a worksheet. Entry Direction Enter moves down columns: Check to save the direction of the data-entry arrow as down columns. Enter moves across rows: Check to save the direction of the data-entry arrow as across rows. Column width: Enter the data column width (default is 8). When I open a worksheet, remind me that a copy is added to the project: Check to receive a message when opening a worksheet that a copy of the worksheet is being added to the current project. Options Data Window Print Options Tools > Options > Data Window > Print Options Use to set options for printing the Data window. Print row labels: Check to print row labels. Print column labels: Check to print column labels. Print column names: Check to print column names. Print grid lines: Check to print grid lines. Column Names and Labels Left justified: Choose to left justify contents (default). Centered: Choose to center contents. Right justified: Choose to right justify contents. Numeric right justified; text left justified: Choose to right justify numbers and left justify text. 16 Copyright Minitab Inc. All rights reserved.

17 Tools Menu Options Font Tools > Options > Data Window > Data Font, Label Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Annotation > Titles, Subtitles, Footnotes, Text, Data Label, Legend, or Table Tools > Options > Graphics > Individual Graphs > Contour Plots > Flag Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Reference Lines > Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Scales > Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Axis Labels Tools > Options > Graphics > Panels > Label Font Tools > Options > Session Window > I/O Font, Title Font, Comment Font Use to set the default font and default font attributes. Font: Enter a font name. Style Bold: Check to make the text bold. Italic: Check to italicize the text. Underline: Check to underline the text. Size: Enter a font size. Color: Choose a text color. Not available in all settings. Preview: Displays sample text with the selected attributes. This box does not accept input. Options Font Tools > Options > Data Window > Data Font, Label Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Annotation > Titles, Subtitles, Footnotes, Text, Data Label, Legend, or Table Tools > Options > Graphics > Individual Graphs > Contour Plots > Flag Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Reference Lines > Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Scales > Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Axis Labels Tools > Options > Graphics > Panels > Label Font Tools > Options > Session Window > I/O Font, Title Font, Comment Font Use to set the default font and default font attributes. Font: Enter a font name. Style Bold: Check to make the text bold. Italic: Check to italicize the text. Underline: Check to underline the text. Size: Enter a font size. Color: Choose a text color. Not available in all settings. Preview: Displays sample text with the selected attributes. This box does not accept input. DDE Links Options DDE Links Tools > Options > DDE Links Use to set Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) options when importing data from a Windows application. MINITAB as Server Process external requests: Choose to process external requests for data from clients and to update clients when data changes (default). Ignore external requests: Choose to pause activity globally, which stops all servers from updating their client links within Minitab. Notify of ignored requests: Check to be notified when external requests are ignored. Circular Checking Enable circular checking: Check to enable circular checking. This is the default. See Circular Links for more information. Copyright Minitab Inc. All rights reserved. 17

18 Tools, Customizing Minitab, and Setting Options Number of cycles: Enter the number of cycles that must occur before Minitab issues a message telling you it detects a circular link. The default is 3 cycles. Time between cycles: Enter the elapsed time (in milliseconds) between an input to an item and the next input. When consecutive updates are made, each of which is under the time you specify here, Minitab counts them and issues a message when the Number of Cycles number is exceeded. The default is 100 ms. MINITAB as Client Process external data updates: Choose to process external data updates. Servers update client links within Minitab. This is the default. Ignore external data updates: Choose to pause activity globally, which will stop all servers from updating their client links within Minitab. Miscellaneous Default priority (1 = high, 32 = low): Enter the default priority for new links when a priority is not specified (default is 16). Priority is important only when you have more than one link attempting a transfer at the same time or have several queued transactions waiting for processing. Minitab completes transfers on higher priority links first, then processes data with a lower priority. Links with the same priority are transferred on a first-in, first-out basis. Missing value sent to clients: Enter the value for missing values when sending from a Minitab worksheet (default is ). Missing value rec'd from servers: Enter the value for missing values when receiving from a server (default is ). Dialog Box Options Dialog Box Tools > Options > Dialog Box Use to set a default preference for displaying hidden columns in dialog boxes. Columns Displayed Use all columns in dialog boxes: Choose to use all columns in dialog boxes, including hidden columns (default). Use only unhidden columns in dialog boxes: Choose to use only unhidden columns in dialog boxes. Session Window Options Session Window Submitting Commands Edit > Tools > Session Window > Submitting Commands Use to set options for submitting commands from the Session window and Command Line Editor. Command Language Enable: Choose to enable commands in the Session window when you next start Minitab. Minitab then displays commands in the Session window after you complete dialog boxes. This is the default. You can also execute commands by typing them directly in the Session window or by submitting them from the Command Line Editor. You can temporarily enable commands during an individual work session by choosing Editor when the Session window is active and checking Enable Commands. Disable: Choose to disable commands in the Session window the next time you start Minitab. After you complete dialog boxes, Minitab displays headings and output in the Session window, but not commands. You cannot type commands directly in the Session window, but you can submit them from the Command Line Editor. You can temporarily disable commands during an individual work session by choosing Editor when the Session window is active and unchecking Enable Commands. Prompt color: Choose a prompt color. An easy way to keep track of which MTB> prompt is active is to change the prompt color. Not only will the MTB> prompt be in color, but any text you type on the prompt line will be in the same color. Submitting Commands from the Session Window Allows you to control the keyboard sequence for submitting commands when typing them in the Session window. Control + Enter submits input; Enter inserts new line: Choose to use [Ctrl]+[Enter] to submit commands. [Enter] inserts a new line. Enter submits input; Control + Enter inserts new line: Choose to use [Enter] to submit commands. [Ctrl]+[Enter] inserts a new line. 18 Copyright Minitab Inc. All rights reserved.

19 Tools Menu Submitting Commands from the Command Line Editor Allows you to control the keyboard sequence for submitting commands when typing commands in the Command Line Editor. Control + Enter submits input; Enter inserts new line: Choose to use [Ctrl] + [Enter] to submit commands. [Enter] inserts a new line. Enter submits input; Control + Enter inserts new line: Choose to use <Enter> to submit commands. [Ctrl]+[Enter] inserts a new line. Options Session Window Output Tools > Options > Session Window > Output Use to set Session window output as read-only and to specify the Session window capacity. Output should be read-only: Check to make output read-only (so you cannot edit the Session window) when you next start Minitab. This protects you from accidentally editing the Session window contents. You can temporarily allow or disallow editing during an individual work session by choosing Editor when the Session window is active and checking or unchecking Output Editable. Capacity Number of lines: Enter an integer from 1000 to 60,000 to set the number of lines available in the Session window (default is 15,000). On Session Window Overflow Save to file "session.txt": Choose to have Minitab automatically save your session without prompting you for a file name when the window is full or you exit Minitab. Your session is always saved in a backup file named SESSION.TXT. This is a plain text file. You can specify whether you want to overwrite or append to the previous file contents with the When Saving on Overflow choices in this dialog box. Prompt for file name: Choose to have Minitab save your session when the window is full or you exit Minitab, after prompting you for a file name. A dialog box appears in which you enter a file name and specify where to save the file. You can specify whether you want to overwrite or append to a previous file's contents with the When Saving on Overflow choices in this dialog box. Discard contents: Choose to automatically discard file contents when the window is full or you exit Minitab. When Saving on Overflow Allows you to overwrite or append to the file containing the previous Session window's contents when the window is full or you exit Minitab without saving the contents. Overwrite file contents: Choose to overwrite the file containing the previous Session window's contents when the window is full or you exit Minitab. This is the default. Append to file contents: Choose to append the current Session window contents to the file when the window is full or you exit Minitab. Line width: Enter an integer value from 30 to 132 to determine the width of the output to your terminal. The default value is 79. If you set the value less than 70, some commands will not obey the width you set. OW 79 or OW 80 works well on most terminals. OW 70 is useful for producing narrow output for use in reports. Options Font Tools > Options > Data Window > Data Font, Label Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Annotation > Titles, Subtitles, Footnotes, Text, Data Label, Legend, or Table Tools > Options > Graphics > Individual Graphs > Contour Plots > Flag Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Reference Lines > Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Scales > Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Axis Labels Tools > Options > Graphics > Panels > Label Font Tools > Options > Session Window > I/O Font, Title Font, Comment Font Use to set the default font and default font attributes. Font: Enter a font name. Style Bold: Check to make the text bold. Italic: Check to italicize the text. Underline: Check to underline the text. Size: Enter a font size. Color: Choose a text color. Not available in all settings. Copyright Minitab Inc. All rights reserved. 19

20 Tools, Customizing Minitab, and Setting Options Preview: Displays sample text with the selected attributes. This box does not accept input. Options Font Tools > Options > Data Window > Data Font, Label Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Annotation > Titles, Subtitles, Footnotes, Text, Data Label, Legend, or Table Tools > Options > Graphics > Individual Graphs > Contour Plots > Flag Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Reference Lines > Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Scales > Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Axis Labels Tools > Options > Graphics > Panels > Label Font Tools > Options > Session Window > I/O Font, Title Font, Comment Font Use to set the default font and default font attributes. Font: Enter a font name. Style Bold: Check to make the text bold. Italic: Check to italicize the text. Underline: Check to underline the text. Size: Enter a font size. Color: Choose a text color. Not available in all settings. Preview: Displays sample text with the selected attributes. This box does not accept input. Options Font Tools > Options > Data Window > Data Font, Label Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Annotation > Titles, Subtitles, Footnotes, Text, Data Label, Legend, or Table Tools > Options > Graphics > Individual Graphs > Contour Plots > Flag Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Reference Lines > Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Scales > Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Axis Labels Tools > Options > Graphics > Panels > Label Font Tools > Options > Session Window > I/O Font, Title Font, Comment Font Use to set the default font and default font attributes. Font: Enter a font name. Style Bold: Check to make the text bold. Italic: Check to italicize the text. Underline: Check to underline the text. Size: Enter a font size. Color: Choose a text color. Not available in all settings. Preview: Displays sample text with the selected attributes. This box does not accept input. Window Layout Options Window Layout Tools > Options > Window Layout Saves changes you make to the size, location, and state of any Minitab window during your session. The next time you start Minitab, the windows open to the same specifications. By default, the current settings are not saved. Save the current window layout: Check to save the current window layout for your next Minitab session. 20 Copyright Minitab Inc. All rights reserved.

21 Tools Menu Graphics Regions Options Attributes Tools > Options > Graphics > Annotation > Legend Attributes, Data Label Attributes, Polygons, Ellipses, Table Attributes Tools > Options > Graphics > Data View > Area, Bar, Box, Slice Tools > Options > Graphics > Individual Graphs > Contour Plots > Flag Attributes Tools > Options > Graphics > Regions > Data, Figure, Graph Use to set the default fill pattern, borders, and fill lines. Fill Pattern Type: Choose a fill type. Background color: Choose a background color. Borders and Fill Lines Type: Choose a border line type. Color: Choose a border and fill line color. Size: Choose a border line thickness. Options Attributes Tools > Options > Graphics > Annotation > Legend Attributes, Data Label Attributes, Polygons, Ellipses, Table Attributes Tools > Options > Graphics > Data View > Area, Bar, Box, Slice Tools > Options > Graphics > Individual Graphs > Contour Plots > Flag Attributes Tools > Options > Graphics > Regions > Data, Figure, Graph Use to set the default fill pattern, borders, and fill lines. Fill Pattern Type: Choose a fill type. Background color: Choose a background color. Borders and Fill Lines Type: Choose a border line type. Color: Choose a border and fill line color. Size: Choose a border line thickness. Options Attributes Tools > Options > Graphics > Annotation > Legend Attributes, Data Label Attributes, Polygons, Ellipses, Table Attributes Tools > Options > Graphics > Data View > Area, Bar, Box, Slice Tools > Options > Graphics > Individual Graphs > Contour Plots > Flag Attributes Tools > Options > Graphics > Regions > Data, Figure, Graph Use to set the default fill pattern, borders, and fill lines. Fill Pattern Type: Choose a fill type. Background color: Choose a background color. Borders and Fill Lines Type: Choose a border line type. Color: Choose a border and fill line color. Size: Choose a border line thickness. Copyright Minitab Inc. All rights reserved. 21

22 Tools, Customizing Minitab, and Setting Options Frame Elements Options Font Tools > Options > Data Window > Data Font, Label Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Annotation > Titles, Subtitles, Footnotes, Text, Data Label, Legend, or Table Tools > Options > Graphics > Individual Graphs > Contour Plots > Flag Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Reference Lines > Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Scales > Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Axis Labels Tools > Options > Graphics > Panels > Label Font Tools > Options > Session Window > I/O Font, Title Font, Comment Font Use to set the default font and default font attributes. Font: Enter a font name. Style Bold: Check to make the text bold. Italic: Check to italicize the text. Underline: Check to underline the text. Size: Enter a font size. Color: Choose a text color. Not available in all settings. Preview: Displays sample text with the selected attributes. This box does not accept input. Scales Options Scales Attributes Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Scales > Attributes Use to set the default lines, tick orientation, and length of major ticks for scales. Lines Type: Choose a type. Color: Choose a color. Size: Choose a size. Tick Orientation Outside: Choose for an outside tick orientation. Inside: Choose for an inside tick orientation. Out and In: Choose for an out and in tick orientation. Length of Major Ticks: Enter the length of major ticks (default is ). Options Font Tools > Options > Data Window > Data Font, Label Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Annotation > Titles, Subtitles, Footnotes, Text, Data Label, Legend, or Table Tools > Options > Graphics > Individual Graphs > Contour Plots > Flag Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Reference Lines > Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Scales > Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Axis Labels Tools > Options > Graphics > Panels > Label Font Tools > Options > Session Window > I/O Font, Title Font, Comment Font Use to set the default font and default font attributes. Font: Enter a font name. Style Bold: Check to make the text bold. Italic: Check to italicize the text. Underline: Check to underline the text. Size: Enter a font size. 22 Copyright Minitab Inc. All rights reserved.

23 Tools Menu Color: Choose a text color. Not available in all settings. Preview: Displays sample text with the selected attributes. This box does not accept input. Options Scales Show Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Scales > Show Specify which scale elements to display and where. Axis line Low: Check to display axis lines on the low side of the x- and y-scales. High: Check to display axis lines on the high side of the x- and y-scales. Major Ticks Low: Check to display major tick marks on the low side of the x- and y-scales. High: Check to display major tick marks on the high side of the x- and y-scales. Major tick labels Low: Check to display major tick marks on the low side of the x- and y-scales. High: Check to display major tick marks on the high side of the x- and y-scales. Minor ticks Low: Check to display minor tick marks on the low side of the x- and y-scales. High: Check to display minor tick marks on the high side of the x- and y-scales. Gridlines Options Lines Tools > Options > Graphics > Annotation > Lines Tools > Options > Graphics > Data View > Connect, Project, Fits Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Gridlines > Attributes Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Reference Lines > Attributes Use to set the default line attributes. Lines Type: Choose a line type. Color: Choose a line color. Size: Choose a line thickness. Options Gridlines Show Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Grid Lines > Show Use to set the default displays of gridlines for minor and major ticks. Show gridlines for Z major ticks: Check to display gridlines at the z-axis major tick position. This option is only available with 3D plots. Z minor ticks: Check to display gridlines at the z-axis minor tick position. This option is only available with 3D plots. Y major ticks: Check to display gridlines at the y-axis major tick position. Y minor ticks: Check to display gridlines at the y-axis minor tick position. Y minor ticks are not available with probability plots. X major ticks: Check to display gridlines at the x-axis major tick position. X minor ticks: Check to display gridlines at the x-axis minor tick position. X minor ticks are not available with all graphs. References Lines Options Lines Copyright Minitab Inc. All rights reserved. 23

24 Tools, Customizing Minitab, and Setting Options Tools > Options > Graphics > Annotation > Lines Tools > Options > Graphics > Data View > Connect, Project, Fits Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Gridlines > Attributes Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Reference Lines > Attributes Use to set the default line attributes. Lines Type: Choose a line type. Color: Choose a line color. Size: Choose a line thickness. Options Font Tools > Options > Data Window > Data Font, Label Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Annotation > Titles, Subtitles, Footnotes, Text, Data Label, Legend, or Table Tools > Options > Graphics > Individual Graphs > Contour Plots > Flag Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Reference Lines > Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Scales > Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Axis Labels Tools > Options > Graphics > Panels > Label Font Tools > Options > Session Window > I/O Font, Title Font, Comment Font Use to set the default font and default font attributes. Font: Enter a font name. Style Bold: Check to make the text bold. Italic: Check to italicize the text. Underline: Check to underline the text. Size: Enter a font size. Color: Choose a text color. Not available in all settings. Preview: Displays sample text with the selected attributes. This box does not accept input. Data View Options Attributes Tools > Options > Graphics > Annotation > Legend Attributes, Data Label Attributes, Polygons, Ellipses, Table Attributes Tools > Options > Graphics > Data View > Area, Bar, Box, Slice Tools > Options > Graphics > Individual Graphs > Contour Plots > Flag Attributes Tools > Options > Graphics > Regions > Data, Figure, Graph Use to set the default fill pattern, borders, and fill lines. Fill Pattern Type: Choose a fill type. Background color: Choose a background color. Borders and Fill Lines Type: Choose a border line type. Color: Choose a border and fill line color. Size: Choose a border line thickness. 24 Copyright Minitab Inc. All rights reserved.

25 Tools Menu Options Lines Tools > Options > Graphics > Annotation > Lines Tools > Options > Graphics > Data View > Connect, Project, Fits Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Gridlines > Attributes Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Reference Lines > Attributes Use to set the default line attributes. Lines Type: Choose a line type. Color: Choose a line color. Size: Choose a line thickness. Options Symbol Data View Tools > Options > Graphics > Data View > Symbol Use to set the default appearance of symbols, small symbols, and brushed symbols. Symbols Type: Choose a symbol type. Color: Choose a symbol color. Size: Type a symbol size. Small Symbols (Selected Graphs) Size: Type a symbol size. Brushed Symbols Color: Choose a symbol color. Data View with Groups Options Fill Types for Groups Tools > Options > Graphics > Data View with Groups > Fill Types For graphs with areas, bars, boxes, or pie slices, Minitab may assign a different fill type to each group. You can set the default number and type of fills. If you have more groups than assigned fill types, Minitab cycles through the assigned fill types and repeats them. Number of types: Choose the number of fill types. Type: Choose the fill type for each group. Options Fill Colors for Groups Tools > Options > Graphics > Data View with Groups > Fill Colors For graphs with areas, bars, boxes, or pie slices, Minitab may assign a different fill color to each group. You can set the default number and colors of the fills. You can assign up to 20 colors. If you have more groups than assigned colors, Minitab cycles through the assigned colors and repeats them. Number of colors: Choose the number of fill colors. Color: Choose the fill color for each group. Options Line Types for Groups Tools > Options > Graphics > Data View with Groups > Line Types For graphs with lines, Minitab may assign a different line type to each group. You can set the default number and type of lines. You can assign up to 7 line types. If you have more groups than assigned line types, Minitab cycles through the assigned line types and repeats them. Copyright Minitab Inc. All rights reserved. 25

26 Tools, Customizing Minitab, and Setting Options Number of types: Choose the number of line types. Type: Choose the line type for each group. Options Symbol Types for Groups Tools > Options > Graphics > Data View with Groups > Symbol Types For graphs with symbols, Minitab may assign a different symbol type to each group. You can set the default number and type of symbols. You can assign up to 12 symbol types. If you have more groups than assigned symbol types, Minitab cycles through the assigned symbol types and repeats them. Number of types: Choose the number of symbol types. Type: Choose the symbol type for each group. Options Symbol and Line Colors for Groups Tools > Options > Graphics > Data View with Groups > Symbol and Line Colors For graphs with symbols or lines, Minitab may assign a different color to each group. You can set the default number and color of symbols and lines. You can assign up to 10 colors. If you have more groups than assigned colors, Minitab cycles through the assigned colors and repeats them. Number of colors: Choose the number of symbol and line colors. Color: Choose the symbol and line colors for each group. Annotation Options Font Tools > Options > Data Window > Data Font, Label Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Annotation > Titles, Subtitles, Footnotes, Text, Data Label, Legend, or Table Tools > Options > Graphics > Individual Graphs > Contour Plots > Flag Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Reference Lines > Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Scales > Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Axis Labels Tools > Options > Graphics > Panels > Label Font Tools > Options > Session Window > I/O Font, Title Font, Comment Font Use to set the default font and default font attributes. Font: Enter a font name. Style Bold: Check to make the text bold. Italic: Check to italicize the text. Underline: Check to underline the text. Size: Enter a font size. Color: Choose a text color. Not available in all settings. Preview: Displays sample text with the selected attributes. This box does not accept input. 26 Copyright Minitab Inc. All rights reserved.

27 Tools Menu Options Font Tools > Options > Data Window > Data Font, Label Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Annotation > Titles, Subtitles, Footnotes, Text, Data Label, Legend, or Table Tools > Options > Graphics > Individual Graphs > Contour Plots > Flag Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Reference Lines > Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Scales > Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Axis Labels Tools > Options > Graphics > Panels > Label Font Tools > Options > Session Window > I/O Font, Title Font, Comment Font Use to set the default font and default font attributes. Font: Enter a font name. Style Bold: Check to make the text bold. Italic: Check to italicize the text. Underline: Check to underline the text. Size: Enter a font size. Color: Choose a text color. Not available in all settings. Preview: Displays sample text with the selected attributes. This box does not accept input. Options Font Tools > Options > Data Window > Data Font, Label Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Annotation > Titles, Subtitles, Footnotes, Text, Data Label, Legend, or Table Tools > Options > Graphics > Individual Graphs > Contour Plots > Flag Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Reference Lines > Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Scales > Font Tools > Options > Graphics > Frame Elements > Axis Labels Tools > Options > Graphics > Panels > Label Font Tools > Options > Session Window > I/O Font, Title Font, Comment Font Use to set the default font and default font attributes. Font: Enter a font name. Style Bold: Check to make the text bold. Italic: Check to italicize the text. Underline: Check to underline the text. Size: Enter a font size. Color: Choose a text color. Not available in all settings. Preview: Displays sample text with the selected attributes. This box does not accept input. Options My Footnote Tools > Options > Graphics > Annotation > My Footnote Use to add a custom footnote to all graphs. Information to include in my footnote Project name: Check to display the Minitab project name. Worksheet name: Check to display the Minitab worksheet name. Date the graph was last modified: Check to display the last modified date. Time the graph was last modified: Check to display the last modified time. Custom text: Type the text you want to appear in the footnote. Copyright Minitab Inc. All rights reserved. 27