Copying Expanded Spectrum to Microsoft Word

(adapted from Alan Shusterman, Reed College)

An "expanded" spectrum is one that covers a smaller range of chemical shifts. The range can be anything that you consider useful and interesting. The instructions for printing are identical to those for printing a full spectrum. The only difference is the initial choice of spectral range (horizontal setting) and peak height (vertical setting).

• In SpinWorks, adjust the horizontal scale so that the range of chemical shifts that interest you is visible
• Adjust the vertical scale so that the peaks have useful heights (it may be necessary to send some peaks off scale)
• If you want to enter a caption or title,
  • click Edit: Plot Title
  • type your text in the box
  • click OK
• Click Edit: Copy Metafile to Clipboard
• Go to MS Word
• Click Edit: Paste
  • Troubleshooting #1: Does the horizontal scale cover the range that interests you? Are the peak heights useful? (Can you see all of the peaks that you want to see?) Do you see the peak pick and/or integral data that you need? To fix these problems, delete the image in MS Word, return to SpinWorks and make necessary corrections, then repeat the Copy-and-Paste steps.
  • Troubleshooting #2: Does the spectrum use the entire page in MS Word or is it too small/large? If necessary, adjust the physical size of the picture in MS Word by doing the following:
    • Click on image in MS Word
    • Click Format: Picture
    • Select Size tab
    • If necessary, click Lock aspect ratio
    • Use the up/down arrows to make the image Width between 10.4 and 10.5 inches
    • Click OK
• Click File: Print
• Return to SpinWorks for more processing

It might be a good idea to save your Word file so that you can print and/or adjust it later as needed.

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