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Revision as of 11:34, 3 May 2013
| Visual Cue | Narration |
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| Slide Number 1
Title Slide |
Hello everyone.
Welcome the tutorial on View, Print and Export structures in GChemPaint. |
| Slide Number 2
Learning Objectives |
In this tutorial we will learn
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| Slide Number 3
System Requirement |
Here I am using
Ubuntu Linux OS version. 12.04 GChemPaint version 0.12.10 |
| Slide Number 4
Pre-requisites |
To follow this tutorial you should be familiar with,
GChemPaint chemical structure editor. If not, for relevant tutorials, please visit our website. |
| Switch to GChempaint Application
Dash home >>In the Search bar that appears>> type GChemPaint>> Click on the GChempaint icon. |
To open a new GChemPaint application, click on Dash home.
In the Search bar that appears, type GChemPaint. And then click on the GChemPaint icon. |
| Let's first open an existing file. | |
| Click on Open a file icon from toolbar | Click on Open a file icon from the toolbar.
A window with files and folders opens. |
| select “petane-ethane” >>
click on Open button. |
Select the file named “petane-ethane” from the list.
And click on the Open button. |
| Now let's first learn about View options. | |
| Go to View menu>> options Full Screen and Zoom | Go to View menu.
In the View menu, we have two options Full Screen and Zoom. |
| Select Zoom >> submenu menu opens. | Let's select Zoom option.
A submenu opens with a list of zoom factors. |
| Scroll down the list >>select Zoom to % | Scroll down the list and select Zoom to %. |
| Dialog box with zoom factor opens | A dialog box with zoom factor (%) opens. |
| Point to the Zoom factor value. | The default zoom factor(%) value is displayed. |
| Here we can increase or decrease the Zoom factor as required | |
| Click up arrow triangle>>hold left mouse button | Click on the up or down arrow triangle and observe the zooming. |
| Click on Apply button>> OK button. | Click on Apply button and then on OK button.
The structure appears with the applied zoom factor. |
| Next let's see how to setup a page. | |
| Go to File menu >>navigate to Page Setup >> click on it. | Go to File menu, navigate to Page Setup and click on it. |
| Page Setup window opens. | The Page Setup window opens. |
| Points to tabs | This window contains two tabs - Page and Scale. |
| Point to Paper, Center on Page and Orientation. | Page tab contains fields like Paper, Center on Page and Orientation. |
| Point to Paper field US Letter. | In the Paper field, we can set the default paper size. |
| Click on Change Paper Type >>Page Setup dialog box opens. | Let's click on the Change Paper Type button.
The Page Setup dialog box opens. |
| Point to Format for, Paper size and Orientation. | There are 3 options here - Format for, Paper size and Orientation. |
| In Format for field>> select your default printer. | Select your default printer in the Format for field.
I will select my default printer. |
| Point to the list | Paper size field has a drop down list with different paper sizes. |
| Point to A4
Point to inches (8.27x11.69 inches) |
Let's select A4.
Below this field the dimensions of A4 size are displayed. |
| Click on A5 and then back on A4 | Note that paper size dimensions are displayed for every selected paper size. |
| Point to the radio buttons | In the orientation field we have 4 radio buttons - Portrait,
Landscape, Reverse portrait and Reverse landscape. By default Portrait is selected. Let's leave as it is and click on Apply button. |
| Point to different margins | Next, we have margin sizes.
Top margin, Left margin, Right margin and Bottom margin. |
| Point to margins | We can adjust the margins as required here. |
| Next field is Unit. | |
| Point to inches, millimetres and points. | Unit field can be set in inches, millimetres and points. |
| Click on Points | Note that when we change the Unit, margin sizes automatically change to suit the Unit. |
| Let's learn about Center on page. | |
| Point to check boxes.
click on Horizontally |
Here we have two check boxes Horizontally and Vertically.
Let's click on Horizontally check box. |
| Click on the Preview button | We can see the preview of our structure by clicking on the Preview button. |
| Point to radio buttons
Portrait, Landscape, Reverse portrait, Reverse landscape. |
In the Orientation field we have radio buttons for
Portrait, Landscape, Reverse portrait, Reverse landscape |
| Point to Portrait option >>close the Preview window | By default, Portrait option is selected.
Let's close the Preview window. |
| click on Landscape radio button>>click on the Preview button | Now, let's click on Landscape radio button
and then click on the Preview button. |
| Slide Number 5
Assignment |
You can explore the other Orientation options on your own. |
| Point to the Print button | If you click on the Print button, the file will be printed with the changes made. |
| Point to Scale tab. | You can also scale your structure as required before printing. |
| Click on the Scale tab. | For this you can use the various options in the Scale tab.
Explore Scale tab on your own. |
| Click on Close button >>close the Page Setup window. | Let's click on Close button to close the Page Setup window. |
| Next, let's learn how to export an image. | |
| Go to File menu, select “Save as image”. | Go to File menu, select “Save as image”. |
| Point to dialog box. | “Save as image” dialog box opens. |
| Point to File Type
Point to formats |
File Type field has a list of image options.
You can export the image as SVG, PDF, JPEG, PNG and a few other formats. Let's select SVG image. |
| Type file name as “Propane” >> click on Save button. | Enter file name as “Pentane-ethane” and click on Save button. |
| Show the image. | Here we can see that file is saved as SVG image. |
| Next let's export the image as PDF document. | |
| Go to File menu, select “Save as image”. | Go to File menu, select “Save as image”. |
| Point to dialog box. | “Save as image” dialog box opens. |
| From File Type field>> select PDF document | From File Type field, select PDF document. |
| Type file name as “Pentane” >> click on Save button. | Enter the file name as “Pentane” and click on Save button. |
| Show the image. | Here we can see that file is saved as a PDF document. |
| With this we come to the end of this tutorial.
Let's summarize. | |
| Slide Number 6
Summary |
In this tutorial we have learnt about
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| Slide Number 7
Assignment |
As an assignment
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| Slide number 8
Acknowledgement |
Watch the video available at this URL
http://spoken-tutorial.org/What is a Spoken Tutorial It summarises the Spoken Tutorial project If you do not have good bandwidth, you can download and watch it |
| Slide Number 9 | The Spoken Tutorial Project Team:
Conducts workshops using spoken tutorials Gives certificates to those who pass an online test For more details, please write to contact@spoken-tutorial.org |
| Slide number 10 | Spoken Tutorial Project is a part of the Talk to a Teacher project
It is supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Government of India More information on this Mission is available at this link http://spoken-tutorial.org/NMEICT-Intro ] This is Madhuri Ganpathi from IIT Bombay signing off. Thank you for joining. |
