Text Window
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Text windows are generated by several commands (below). When a text window is active, there is a special menu bar which allows modification and saving of the particular output file (.ATD) which is being edited - the commands in these menus do not pertain to the current ATOMS data file. To return to the main Graphics Window for modification, saving etc. of the ATOMS data file, click on that window if it is visible, or use the Window menu.

The File menu of the Graphics window has four commands, List Input, List Generated Atoms, List Generated Faces and List Totals, each of which lists the relevant data to a separate Text window. When any of these Text windows is active, the menu bar contains standard menus for saving, printing and editing the contents. Each window actually displays the contents of a file, called respectively INPUT.ATD, GENATOMS.ATD, FACES.ATD and TOTALS.ATD. These files are written over again for each new ATOMS data set, so if they are to be preserved they should be saved with the Save As command in the File menu, using a different name.

A Text window is also generated when Calculation Output is selected in the Input2 menu. The output is written to the file infile.ATD, where infile (.STR) is the name of the ATOMS data file. Similarly, the Coordination button in the Input Atoms dialog of the Input1 menu writes a file called BONDS.ATD, and the Powder Diffraction (List option) dialog writes output to the file LIST.ATD.