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||'''Visual Cue'''
|| '''Narration'''

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||'''Slide Number 1'''
'''Title Slide'''
'''Installation of QtGrace in Windows'''
|| Welcome to the tutorial on '''Installation of QtGrace on Windows'''

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|| '''Slide Number 2'''
'''Learning Objectives'''
|| In this tutorial, we will learn to
* Download QtGrace software for Windows OS
* Open QtGrace 
* Resize the graph panel
* Load a dataset to a plot a graph
* Save a Grace project

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|| '''Slide Number 3'''
'''System and Software Requirement'''
|| To record this tutorial, I am using
* Windows 10 OS
* Microsoft Edge 40 web browser
* Working internet connection to download QtGrace


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|| '''Slide Number 4'''
'''Pre-requisites'''
|| To follow this tutorial, 
* Learner should be familiar with basic computer and internet skills

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|| '''Slide Number 5'''
'''Installation for windows'''
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* '''QtGrace''' can be downloaded from the link shown here.
* This is a fork of '''Grace 5.1.22''' for '''Windows''' with '''Qt SDK tools''' by '''Nokia'''


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|| Press windows key
|| Press the '''windows''' key on keyboard

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|| Type '''explorer''', press''' Enter'''

Point to the browser.
|| In search form, type '''explorer''' and press '''Enter'''.
Web browser opens.

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|| '''sourgeforge.net''' and press '''Enter '''
|| You may use any web browser of your choice
In the address bar type '''sourgeforge.net''' and press '''Enter'''

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|| '''Cursor on the page.'''
|| '''Sourceforge''' web page opens

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|| Type '''QtGrace''' and '''Enter'''
|| In the search form, type '''QtGrace''' and press '''Enter.'''

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|| Point to the search results.
|| The web page refreshes with the search results

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|| Scroll down and click on '''QtGrace'''
|| Scroll down to locate '''QtGrace''' and click on it.

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|| Cursor on the page.
|| This goes to '''QtGrace''' project details in the '''summary''' tab

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|| Cursor on the '''summary''' page.
|| The '''summary''' page shows the capabilities of the program

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||Click on the'''Files''' tab
|| Click on the '''Files''' tab to access the files required for us.

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||Hover mouse on .zip and .dmg files
|| Here we can see the files that can be downloaded for different operating systems.

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||Click on '''QtGrace_v026_win7''' file
|| Click on the windows binary file to download as seen in the video. 

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|| 
|| Page refreshes and after a short pause, the download starts.

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|| point to the dialogue box.
Select '''save as'''
Click on '''OK.'''
|| A Save as dialogue box appears.
Select '''Save as''' option and click on '''OK''' to download the program.
Allow the file download to be completed.

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|| show the Downloads folder where the files are downloaded.
|| For me the files are downloaded to the '''Downloads''' folder.

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||Press windows key
Type'''File explorer''' and '''Enter'''
|| Press '''windows''' key, in search form type''' File Explorer '''and press '''Enter.'''

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|| Go to Download folder
|| This opens the file explorer. 
Go to the downloads folder in the file manager.

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|| Point to the zip file.
|| A '''compressed''' '''zip''' file for '''QtGrace''' has been downloaded here.
Next, extract the files from the zip file.

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|| Select the '''zip file''' and right click
|| Select the '''zip file''' and right click to open the context menu.
Choose '''extract all''' and navigate to extract the files from the zip file.

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|| click on '''extract all''' 
|| In the refreshed page, click on '''extract all''' on the top menu
A dialogue box opens prompting me to choose path.

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||click on the '''Extract button.'''
|| I will keep it as is, in the '''Downloads''' folder and click on the '''Extract''' button.

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|| Point to the dialogue box.
|| The files are extracted and another dialogue box shows the progress.
Allow the process to be completed.

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|| Hover mouse next to '''QtGrace_v026_win7''' folder name and path in file manager.
Go to folder '''QtGrace_v026_win7'''
|| A new '''file manager window''' opens for me showing the extracted folder.
The folder name and path is seen in the '''file manager'''.
Double click to enter in the newly created '''directory''', as seen in the '''video'''. 
The files are extracted to this folder.

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|| Go to the '''bin directory.'''
|| Next go to the '''bin''' directory.

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|| Double click on '''QtGrace''' application file
|| The '''QtGrace''' application is already compiled for you.
Select the '''QtGrace''' application file and double click on it.

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|| This is different from the traditional windows installation.
The program and a '''Setup Wizard''' dialogue box opens. 
This allows the user to input program '''setting'''.

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|| Navigate through the steps and click on '''finish'''
|| Navigate through the set up wizard and complete it. 
Click on '''finish''' to close the '''setup preferences''' dialogue box.

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|| Narration only
|| To open '''Grace''' at a later time, navigate to this bin folder again. 
Double click on the '''QtGrace''' application file to open Grace.

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|| Cursor on the '''QtGrace''' window.
|| Grace opens with an empty '''graph''' panel.
First, we will adjust the graph size to fit the viewing window to field of view.

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||Hover mouse over corner.
|| Observe the small squares at the corners of the plot.
You can see the squares in all the four corners.

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|| Scroll to right and bottom.
Double click on any one of the small squares.
|| Scroll to right and bottom using the scroll bars.
Double click on any one of the small squares.

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|| Point to the '''graph'''.
|| The graph turns blue and a two direction arrow is seen.
Move the arrow towards top left to resize the graph size.
We can move the arrow in any direction. 

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|| Left click to set the size.
|| Left click at the desired position to set the size.
The blue highlight disappears.

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|| Drag the scroll bars to fit the are.
|| Adjust scroll bars to view the full graph area on the screen.

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|| 
|| Let us plot a straight line graph next.

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|| Go to '''Desktop'''
|| Go to the '''Desktop'''.
Notice a file, '''line dot txt'''.
This file is provided to you in the codefiles link of this tutorial. 
I have downloaded and saved it on the Desktop directory.

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|| Open the file.
Hover mouse over '''header'''
|| Double click to open the file in a text editor.
First row starts with a '''hash''' and is a '''comment line'''.
Data headers may be added here.

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|| Hover mouse over the columns
|| Notice the two column data format.
First column is x data and second column is y data.
The data values are tab separated.

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|| Close the file
|| Close the file and go back to grace window.
Next, we will load data to plot a graph. 

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|| Hover mouse over limits.
Cursor on the interface.
|| Notice that, the axis limits are from zero to one for both axes.
Next, let’s load the data file to make a XY plot.

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|| Click on '''Data''' tab > '''Import''' > '''ASCII'''
|| Click on '''Data''' tab, '''Import''' and select '''ASCII''' format.


A '''Grace: Read sets''' dialogue box opens.

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|| Change filter from '''*.dat''' to '''*.txt '''>> press '''Enter.'''
Point to the files and folders.
|| In the '''Filter''' input box change '''*.dat''' to '''*.txt '''and press '''Enter.'''
This will show the list of directories and files containing the '''* .txt''' files.

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|| Change directory to Desktop
|| From '''Directories''' option, select '''Desktop''' '''folder'''.

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|| Select '''line.txt''' file
|| Select the file '''line.txt'''.

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|| click '''load''' set to '''single set'''
|| We will keep '''Load '''as '''Single Set.'''

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|| Select '''Set Type''' as '''XY''' 
|| '''S'''elect '''Set Type''' as '''XY'''. 

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|| Select''' Data Source''' as '''Disk'''
|| By default, '''Data Source''' is set to '''Disk'''.

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|| Select '''Auto Scale on read''' for '''XY''' 
|| By default, '''Auto Scale on read''' is set to '''XY.''' 
Then, '''X''' and '''Y''' '''axis''' range automatically adjust to lower and higher values of data.

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|| Click on '''Ok '''
|| Click on '''Ok '''button to load the data.

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|| Click '''Cancel''' to close the Window.
|| Click on '''Cancel''' to close the dialogue box.

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|| Point at plot area to show straight line
|| We can see a '''graph''' representing the data.

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|| Hover mouse to limits of x-y axes.
|| '''X''' and '''Y''' limits on the '''graph''' has changed from 0 to 10. 

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|| Click on File >> Save.
Point to the dialogue box.
|| Let us save the file now.
Click on '''File''' and select '''Save'''.
'''Save project''' dialogue box opens.

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|| Change directory, to '''Desktop'''.
|| Choose the location for the file to be saved.

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|| Type file name '''line'''
|| '''Dot agr''' is the preferred extension for '''grace''' project.
In the Selection text box, type file name '''line dot agr.'''

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|| click on '''OK.'''
|| Click on the '''OK''' button.

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|| Close the save project 
|| Close the save project.

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|| '''File , Quit'''
|| To close '''QtGrace''' Click on '''File''' menu '''Quit'''

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|| To open '''Grace''' again, go to the bin folder of the extracted file as before.
Double click to open the '''binary''' of the application file.

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|| Hover mouse over QtGrace application icon
|| To open '''QtGrace''' again, double click on the '''QtGrace application''' icon.
The user preference '''Setup''' '''Wizard''' does not open after the first time.

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|| '''Slide Number 6'''
'''Summary'''
|| In this tutorial, we,

* Downloaded '''QtGrace''' for Windows
* Set '''QtGrace''' user preferences
* Resized the '''graph''' panel
* Made a straight line graph from data in a file
* Saved the '''QtGrace''' project

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|| '''Slide Number 7'''
'''Assignment'''
|| As an assignment,

* Plot a graph in '''QtGrace''' using the file, '''assignment.txt''' provided with this tutorial.

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|| '''Slide Number 7'''
'''About Spoken Tutorial project.'''
|| The video at the following link summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project.
Please download and watch it.

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||'''Slide Number 8'''
'''Spoken Tutorial workshops'''
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Please write to us.
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||'''Slide Number 9'''
'''Forum for specific questions:'''
||Please post your timed queries in this forum.

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||'''Slide Number 10'''
'''Acknowledgement'''
||Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by NMEICT, MHRD, Government of India.
More information on this mission is available at this link.

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|| 
|| This is '''Rani '''from''' IIT Bombay.'''
Thank you for joining.

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