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Selecting an image to represent the protocol

In brief

The Startup page and the New experiment page both show lists of recently used protocol 'documents' on their right. Selecting one of the documents in these lists creates a new experiment with the specified protocol already loaded into it.

As can be seen in figure 1 (below), these documents include an image which makes it easier to identify a protocol quickly. The image that's shown is set as part of the protocol element's settings.

Figure 1. The Startup page lists recently accessed protocols on the right, and these protocol 'documents' are each shown with an image in them. These images make it easier to quickly identify the protocols.

Details

To set the protocol image, you should first select the Protocol element in the protocol list (it's the first item) and then select the image you want from the drop-down list shown in the Settings pane.

Figure 2. Some of the protocol images available.

There's quite an extensive range of images available (see figure 2) and you can choose any one you want. Although the images have 'names', for example Elevated plusmaze, only the image is actually used, so you should choose an image that best represents your apparatus, without worrying about what it's called. For example, if you have a piece of apparatus that you've created which is in the form of a cross, then you might choose to use the Elevated plusmaze image, even though the apparatus is not elevated and is not being used as a traditional plusmaze.

A protocol does need to have an image, but if you don't want to select one, you can just leave it set to the default of Generic apparatus.

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