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

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|| '''Slide Number 1'''
'''Title Slide'''
||Welcome to the tutorial on '''Installation and Introduction to Grace.'''

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|| '''Slide Number 2'''
'''Learning Objectives'''
|| In this tutorial, we will learn to,
* Install Grace 5.1.25 in Ubuntu Linux 16.04
* Open Grace interface 
* Resize the graph area
* Open an XY dataset file 
and
* Make a straight line graph

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|| '''Slide Number 3'''
'''System and Software Requirement'''
|| To record this tutorial, I am using
* Ubuntu Linux OS version 16.04
* Grace version 5.1.25
and 
* A working internet connection to download '''Grace.'''

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|| '''Slide Number 4'''
'''Pre-requisites'''
|| To follow this tutorial, 
Learners should be familiar with basic computer and Internet skills. 

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|| '''Slide Number 5'''
'''Resource link'''
|| Let us now install Grace program in Ubuntu Linux OS 16.04.
This is the official website of Grace.

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|| Cursor on Ubuntu Linux Interface.
|| First I will demonstrate to install '''Grace''' using the terminal.

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|| Cursor on Ubuntu linux interface.
Show the '''Ubuntu Desktop'''.
|| Installing '''Grace''' using the terminal, is a three step process.
Internet connectivity is required to install the software.

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|| Press the windows key on keyboard
|| Press the windows key on keyboard.

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|| Type '''terminal''' in search form 
'''Press''' '''enter'''
|| Type terminal in the search box that appears and press '''Enter'''.

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|| Point to the'''Terminal.'''
|| A '''terminal''' window opens.

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|| Type '''sudo apt-get update >>'''
press'''Enter'''
|| At the prompt, type '''sudo space apt hyphen get space update''' and '''press Enter'''

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|| Enter '''sudo password''' >> press '''Enter.'''
Point to installing packages.
|| If prompted for '''sudo password''', type the password and press '''Enter'''
This step updates the available packages from the Internet sources.
This process takes a few seconds to complete.

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||Ctrl-L
||I will clear the terminal.

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|| Type '''sudo apt-get install grace >>'''
press''' Enter.'''
|| Next, type''' sudo space apt-get space install space grace.'''
Press''' Enter.'''

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|| '''If prompted, enter y '''
Point to the installation process steps.
|| This process takes sometime to complete and installs '''Grace''' in your computer.

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|| The process may exit without installing grace with lock error.
Then, see the installation sheet for further help.

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||Ctrl-L
||I will clear the terminal.

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|| At the prompt, type '''xmgrace '''>> press''' Enter.'''
Point to the Grace window.
|| To open '''Grace''' using the terminal,
at prompt type '''xmgrace '''and press '''Enter'''.
'''Grace''' window opens.

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|| Click on the '''X''' button to close the window.
|| Click on the '''X''' button on the top-left corner to close the window.

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|| Cursor on the Ubuntu Linux interface.
Press the windows key on keyboard.
|| Now I will show how to open '''Grace''' using '''search your computer''' option.
Press the windows key on the keyboard.

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|| Type '''grace '''in the search box >> Press '''Enter.'''
|| In the search box, that appears type '''grace''' and press '''Enter'''.
This will open '''Grace''' program.

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|| Point to the graph panel.
Cursor on the graph.
|| '''Grace''' opens with an empty graph panel.
First, we will learn how to resize the graph panel.

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|| Point to the solid squares at the corners.
Drag the scroll bar.
Show bottom right corner or graph panel
|| There are four small solid squares at the corners of the graph panel.
Using the scroll bars, go to the bottom right corner of the graph.

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|| Hover mouse over corner.
|| click on the small black square on the bottom right corner.
You may choose any of the corner squares to resize.

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|| Double click and observe.
|| Now the graph can be resized. 
The border lines may or may not be visible now.

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|| Click and drag the cursor to top left.
|| To resize drag and place the cursor at the desired position. 

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|| Left click to fix the plot size. 
|| Now left click, to fix the size of the graph panel.

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|| Adjust scroll bar to see full graph panel.
|| I will also adjust the scroll bars to see the full graph panel.

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|| Cursor on the Interface.
|| Now I will show how to plot a graph.

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|| '''Slide Number 6'''
'''Download File to Practise'''
||To plot the graph, download the '''line.txt'''' file
The file is provided in the code files link of this tutorial.
Extract the file and save it on the '''Desktop.'''

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|| Go to '''Desktop''' and show the file.
|| I have already downloaded and saved it on the '''Desktop'''.

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|| Double click to open the file.
Point to the # line.
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.
This is the data header.

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|| Hover mouse over the columns.
Point to the columns.
|| Notice the two column data format.
First column is x data and second column is y data.
In this data file values are tab separated.

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|| Close the file
|| Close the file and go back to '''Grace''' window.
Next, we will load the data on '''Grace''' interface 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 an '''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 to .txt >> Press '''Enter'''.
Point to the '''* .txt''' files.
|| 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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|| Select '''load''' set to '''single set'''
|| We will keep '''Load '''as '''Single Set. '''

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

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|| Point to '''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.''' 
The range of X and Y axes automatically adjusts to lower and higher values of data.

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|| Click on the '''Ok '''button.
|| Click on the '''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 have changed from 0 to 10. 

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

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|| Point to '''*.agr''' extension
|| '''Dot agr''' is the preferred extension for '''grace''' plot.

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|| Change directory, to '''Desktop'''.
Type file name '''line.agr'''
|| I will choose '''Desktop''' to save the file.
In the '''Selection''' text box, type file name as '''line.agr'''

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|| Click '''OK''' button.
|| Click on the '''OK '''button to save the project.

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|| Click on File exit
|| To exit Grace, click on '''File, Exit''' or press '''control q''' on keyboard.

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|| 
|| Let us summarize.

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|| '''Slide Number 7'''
'''Summary''' 
|| In this tutorial, we have,
* Installed Grace 5.1.25 in Ubuntu Linux 16.04
* Opened Grace interface
* Resized the graph area 
* Read an ASCII data set XY and plotted a graph

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|| '''Slide Number 8'''
'''Assignment'''
|| For assignment, please do the following.
Plot a graph in '''Grace''' using the file, '''assignment.txt''' provided with this tutorial.

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|| '''Slide Number 9'''
'''Acknowledgement'''
|| The video at the following link summarizes the spoken tutorial project.
Please download and watch it.

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|| '''Slide Number 10'''
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|| The '''Spoken Tutorial Project '''team:
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Please write to us.

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|| '''Slide Number 11'''
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|| Do you have questions in THIS Spoken Tutorial?
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|| '''Slide Number 12'''
'''Forum for specific questions:'''
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|| '''Slide Number 13'''
'''Acknowledgement'''
|| Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by NMEICT, MHRD, Government of India.
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|| 
|| This tutorial is contributed by''' Rani'''
Thank you for joining.

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