Tools for navigating large projects

Use the bottom toolbar

Browse the sheets sequentially.

Ping pong between any two sheets. Click once to go back to the previous sheet. Click again to return.

Pick from a menu of sheets linked to the current sheet, or use the five tabs to jump between sections.

Navigating within sheets in a family

At the top of the Navigator tree, there is a section that organizes related sheets as Families. When you select a sheet in any section of the Navigator, all the related sheets -- data tables, graphs, info sheets, results, and layouts will be grouped and shown in the Family section.

This folder is especially useful when working with a project with lots of sheets. It lets you move between related sheets without scrolling the Navigator. The keyboard shortcut to open the Families folder is Ctrl-L.

Use the link button on the bottom toolbar to move between sheets in a family. Note below that each type of sheet is marked either (D) for data table, (R) for results, and (G) for Graph.

Working with chained analyses

Prism lets you chain analyses. For example, you can first transform data, then normalize the transformed data, then fit a curve to the normalized results, and finally run a normality test on the residuals from the curve fit. To make it easier to view analysis chains, Prism can show an additional folder in the Navigator labeled Data with Results.

The default is to show the Data with Results folder whenever a results sheet is analyzed. To change this default, click on the Prism section of the Toolbar and select Preferences, and then click this option in the View tab.

Navigator tool tips

If you've got lots of sheets in a project, and you're not sure which one you are looking for, hover your mouse over any sheet name in the Prism Navigator to display a thumbnail of the sheet.