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ATHENA's palettes are a space where a variety of kinds of textual information are stored or displayed. They are mostly things that do not need to be displayed front and center, they are displayed when summoned from the Edit menu or by a keyboard shortcut.

The palettes window with the journal palette showing. This particular journal entry is taken from the alignment and merging demo file.

Ifeffit

This is the space where you can interact directly with IFEFFIT. This palette contains a buffer which displays every command sent to IFEFFIT as well as its response. At the bottom of the palette is a command line where any IFEFFIT command can be typed and entered. When focus is on the command line, the up and down arrow keys scroll through the history of commands typed at this command line. The IFEFFIT buffer is very helpful for those wanting to learn how to use IFEFFIT directly. Typing Control-1 displays this palette.

Titles

This palette is used to display the title lines associated with the current data group. Any title lines interpreted as such in the original data file will be displayed here. You can also add your own comments. The contents of this palette will be written to the header of any output column data file. The titles are also stored with the data group in a project file. Typing Control-2 displays this palette.

Data

This palette is used to display the actual data file from which a data group was read. This can only be done during the session in which the data was initially imported into ATHENA. A project file does not retain enough information to make use of this palette. This palette is the one and only way that ATHENA can be used to modify a data file. You can edit your data file in this palette and save it back to disk. Use this capability with caution or, preferably, not at all. Typing Control-3 displays this palette.

Echo

This palette contains a buffer which displays a history of messages displayed in the echo area. Typing Control-4 displays this palette.

Macro

This palette contains a tool for capturing IFEFFIT command and writing them to an output file. The concept is that you can capture commands for a particular operation and use the output file to create an IFEFFIT macro for use outside of ATHENA. Typing Control-5 displays this palette.

Journal

This palette is one of ATHENA's most important tools. It is a blank space in which you can write anything you want. The contents of this space are included when a project file is saved and imported into this space when a project file is imported. Thus, this serves as a journal for your data analysis. You can use this space to comment on your data and on the choices you make while working with your data. This enhances the value of the project file as a collaborative tool. Just as the project file is an excellent way to share data with a colleague, you can use the journal to exchange information or have a conversation with your colleague. Typing Control-6 displays this palette.

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