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Sequence Editing Options

The sequence editing options panel is the place to change editing options in use across GenBeans.

Opening the sequence editing options panel

1. Click on the main menu Tools >Options to open the Options window.

2. Click on the Biology toolbar item:

3. Select the Sequence Editing subpanel:

Setting editing options

• Parsing Delay: When editig files manually, set the delay in microsecondes between the last edit and the next parsing event.

• Parsing Limit: Number of characters in a sequence file above which automatic parsing is not enabled.

• Maximum Errors: Maximum number of errors shown in the editor.

• Line Width: Number of nucleotides per line; used in the FASTA format.

• Use of Capital Letters: Represent symbol in capital letters when checked.

Setting output options

Varied drawing options can be adjusted when sending sequence data to the Output window:

• Left numbering: Write sequence numbering to the left side of the sequence.

• Right numbering: Write sequence numbering to the right side of the sequence.

• Segmentation: Write sequence by block of 10 nucleotides.

• Ladder: Choose among varied options to draw the ladder.

• Line Width: Number of nucleotides per line.

• 3-Letter code: Use 3-letter code when writting protein sequence.

 

See Also

Using the Options Window