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Using a CSV list of identifiers
Creating a plate list
The Measure tab
Plate ID
Dilution
Pour Plate batches
Dilution Series and Spiral Plate batches
Setting Count Restrictions
Test Measure Plate
The Results tab
Accepting the batch design
Managing batches
Exporting batch data
Viewing batch details
Showing or hiding the Light and Dark Colonies button for Total Plate Counts
Deleting batches
Using Measurement Mode to count and detect colonies
Opening and selecting batches
Adjusting frame settings in Measurement mode
Entering plate identifiers and dilutions
Auto-incrementing plate identifiers
Manually entered plate identifiers
Changing the dilution set for a plate
External source – CSV file or Custom plate list
Using a barcode reader for identifiers and dilutions
Counting colonies on Pour Plate, Spiral and Dilution Series plates
Counting the colonies on a plate automatically
Exclude regions
Test measurement and adjusting settings
Manual colony counting
Entering a zero count
Detecting colonies on Chromogenic Media plates
Testing colony detection
Closing batches
Working with results
The Results table
Editing plate measurements
All batch types
Editing the plate identifier, comments and dilution
Adjusting the frame for a result
Adding exclude regions to a result
Saving changes to results
Undoing and resetting changes
Deleting results
Viewing the audit history of changes
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