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32 Understanding Your Agilent ChemStation

1 Agilent ChemStation Features

Documentation

The documentation set contains specific sections on:

• Installing and learning the ChemStation software,

• Using the ChemStation software,

• Understanding the principles of how the software works, and

• Customizing the ChemStation.

Installing and Learning

Each ChemStation software product comes with an installation manual that

includes details of the key steps in PC hardware and software requirements,

instrument interface installation, ChemStation installation and installation

qualification. The installation manual is specific to the purchased

configuration and may include troubleshooting, system records and system

maintenance advice.

Using the Software

Two additional categories of online information are designed for the routine

user.

The ChemStation includes comprehensive, Windows-style, context-sensitive

and indexed online help. This system gives detailed explanations of every

screen and the meaning of the parameters on that screen. The detailed

explanations are backed up by graphics where appropriate, and may be copied

to the Windows clipboard for incorporation into the users’ own

documentation, or for printing.

An Online Tutorial included in the online help enables you to learn the

software while working on your own methods and data. It provides an

overview of the first steps in data acquisition and data analysis.

The How To part of the online help also includes check lists of the more

complex technique-specific and common chromatography tasks to help less

frequent users who want to be sure they set up the system correctly. These

checklists are linked directly to the detailed online help information.