RE: CellQuest->Word: Where are the plots?

From: Houston, Jim (Jim.Houston@stjude.org)
Date: Thu Mar 30 2000 - 11:45:41 EST


Is this using a MAC to go from CellQuest to Word?
If this is the case then it is a memory problem.  Increase the base memory
for each program.  IF you have plenty then double it.  Copy paste memory
errors are cured in this fashion.
I believe the same happens on the PC side as well.  Many graphic inserts
take a lot of memory.  Try more more memory.

Jim Houston
Coordinator, Flow Cytometry and Sorting
Cell and Gene Therapy Program
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, TN 38105

ph:901-495-2926


-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff_Carrell@hgsi.com [mailto:Jeff_Carrell@hgsi.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 2:44 PM
To: cyto-inbox
Subject: CellQuest->Word: Where are the plots?



Hello All,

We are compiling a HUGE report which consists of a lot of flow cytometry
data: plots, histograms, and stats generated by CellQuest.  Because the
report is being written in Word, for a while we simply selected the items
we wanted from CellQuest, then copied to the clipbaord, then pasted to
Word.  This seemed to work just fine for a while, until the document grew
to enormous proportions...

Now, it seems that sometimes when the Word document is opened, some of the
plots appear as a big red "X", and no matter how the page is moved, closed,
re-opened, the plot can't be seen.  At first we thought somehow the problem
was a PC-to-Mac thing, because some people are using one or the other and
we're all connected by a network.  It doesn't seem to be confined to Macs
or PCs, so we've ruled that out.

I searched the archive but couldn't find this exactly (much discussion of
Coulter Elite software)--Has anyone experienced this?  Is it the size of
the document?  Why does it happen intermittantly?  Is there a better way of
showing the data?  I saw some reference made to other formats (eg GIF) but
we've found the resolution is lowered when converting to these graphical
formats.

I am anxious to hear what thoughts are out there.

thanks,
Jeff Carrell

Cell Biology Department
Human Genome Sciences, Inc.
9410 Key West Avenue
Rockville, MD  20850
(301) 610-5790 ext.2231



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