Copying Full Spectrum to Microsoft Word

(adapted from Alan Shusterman, Reed College)

A "full" spectrum is one that covers chemical shifts from -0.5 to about +10 ppm. Nearly all protons produce signals in this range, so the presence (and absence) of signals in this range is very meaningful.

• In SpinWorks, adjust the horizontal scale so that a full spectrum is visible
• Adjust the vertical scale so that the top of the tallest important peak is visible
• 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
• Return to MS Word
• Click Edit: Paste
  • Troubleshooting #1: Does the horizontal scale cover the full spectrum? Is the top of the tallest peak visible? Is your spectrum overloaded with peak pick and/or integral data? 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.

Tutorial note: This ends the step-by-step guide through the tutorial. At this point, you can choose between the following: save your data and quit SpinWorks (don't forget to log out of the computer so that you are not billed for more printing), or add more data to your spectrum (peak picks, integrals, inset boxes) and print expanded spectra. To get instructions for the latter, select tutorials from the Table of Contents.

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