Seismology Instruction with the AS 1

Saving an Event

   From the helicorder screen highlight an event by holding 

down the left mouse button and dragging over the event

   Click the extract icon below the Menu Bar

This will open the Extract Event Screen

   To save the data in a fi le select File > Save As

   In the upper left corner of the Save As Dialog Box name the fi le (change the * in 

front of .sac to your fi lename).  Please use the following naming convention:  

two digit year, two digit month, two digit day, two digit hour, two digit minute (of 

            fi rst arrival), station code 

 (yymmddhhmmstcode)

Example:  Tempe High School (thaz)

recorded an event at 19:30 on June 23, 2001

0106231930thaz.sac

   In the bottom left hand corner, set 

 the 

File Type to SAC

Send us your event!  You can upload the SAC fi le through your internet browser at

http://www.scieds.com/spinet

Printing an Event

   From the Extract Event screen click on the print icon 

or from the Menu Bar choose File > Print

   At the Print Dialog Box click on Properties

   Set the Orientation to Landscape, Click OK

   Click the OK button 

     An alternative way to save the screen for incorporation into a Word document is to press 

the   keys.  Nothing will apparently happen, but you can open Word and 

Edit >Paste to insert the image.  Be sure to have View > Toolbars > Drawing and Views > 

Toolbars > Picture checked.  The pasted image can be cropped and resized within Word.  

AmaSeis Version 1.0 Level 2005.05.19

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