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New Plot:
!NEWP
Starts a new plot returning StampPlot to its default configuration. When selected, SP will confirm the new plot and ask if you wish to delete any plot object controls if they exist. Use of the instruction will NOT delete plot objects, they must be manually deleted using the !POBJ Clear instruction if desired.

Save Plot:
!SAVP [file name] - .plt will be appended
Save the current plot to a .plt file. If Save/Print/Snap Entire form is selected, the entire window including Plot Object Controls will be saved, !FORM ON/OFF. Automatic saving of the plot may be selected under the Logging menu. Date and time of the save will be appended to the file name unless appending is disabled (under the configuration window) !APDT ON/OFF. Plots are saved to the Data directory by default.

Open Plot:
Opens a saved Plot, also you may select to open a macro from this dialog window.

Take SnapShot:
!SNAP [file name] - .jpg will be appended
Takes a jpg snapshot image of the plot. If Save/Print/Snap Entire form is selected, the entire form window will be included in the image, if not, only the main plot will be the image, !FORM ON/OFF. If using the entire form, StampPlot must be visible on the desktop. Automatic snapshots of the plot may be selected under the Logging menu. Images are saved to the StampPlot Data directory by default.

The quality of the image is dependent of the screen size of the plot or StampPlot. The JPEG quality may be set using the !JPGQ percent instruction !JPGQ 100 for maximum quality.

Snapshot to Clipboard:
Places the image snapshot on the clipboard instead of saving to a file.

Print:
!PRNT
Prints main plot, or if Save/Print/Snap entire form is selected will use the the form. Note: When using the entire form it must be visible on the desktop. In either case, print quality is a function of the size of the image to be printed.

Print Options:

	Page setup Allows for printer configuration.
	Plot Size: !PSIZ value Used to set the size of the printed plot. 50% will print a plot approximately 1/2 the width of the paper. Allows for multiple plots to fit on a single sheet for logging.
	Multiple Plots per page !MPRN ON/OFF Allows multiple plots to be printed on a single sheet. Do not change this once a plot is sent to the print queue. Depending on the plot size. StampPlot will send multiple plots until the page is full, and it will then print.
	Print Now If using multiple plots per page, prints current page of plots even though the page is not yet full.
	Delete Print Job !DPRN Deletes the current page of plots to be printed.

Save/Print/Snap entire form
!FORM ON/OFF
Enables the use of the entire form, including plot objects, to be included in print, saves and snapshots. For use with snapshots and printing, the StampPlot form window MUST be visible on the desktop.

Auto Connect and Plot on Startup
Enables StampPlot to connect and begin plotting from the default port when the application is started.

Security Request
A security request window will appear when this option is checked (checked by default) under certain circumstances. This option may only be manually de-selected.
- Use of the !APPA instruction to start a program by association
- Use of the !APPE instruction to directly execute a program
- Use of !NAMD (data file name), !NAMM (message file name), !TMPL (create file from template) when naming files outside of the StampPlot directory or a macro directory elsewhere.
-If the path contains ..\ to move up the directory structure (may be triggered by some version 2 macros)
- Using .exe, .dll and other system file extensions in !NAMD, !NAMS, !TMPL are not permitted.

Update Associations for .spm, .plt
Updates the Associations for the currently running StampPlot so that the application will be loaded when opening *.spm or *.plt file types. This is useful if the association is taken over by another application, if versions are updated, or if you have multiple copies of StampPlot installed and need to change the default copy.