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IISS User's Manual Contents

Section 1: Introduction

1.1 Introduction
1.2 System Requirements
1.3 Spreadsheet Organization
1.4 Data Structure Terminology

Section 2: Getting Started

2.1 Quickstart Examples
2.1.1 Viewing A Single Image
2.1.2 Viewing Several Images
2.1.3 Viewing An IISS Header File
2.2 Multi-Cell Image Display Example
2.3 User Interface Model in the IISS
2.4 Exiting from the IISS
2.5 Getting Help

Section 3: Spreadsheet I/O

3.1 Reading Data Using the Read Panel
3.2 Reading Data Using the Formula Panel
3.3 Web-based File Access, Processing & IISS Cache
3.4 Write
3.5 Save/Restore Sheet

Section 4: Interactive Environment

4.1 Cell Modes: Full Screen Mode, Stereo Mode
4.2 Loop
4.2.1 Linear Access
4.2.2 Animation Speed
4.2.3 Step Size
4.2.4 Paging Through Frames
4.2.5 Direct access
4.2.6 Random Access
4.2.7 Stereo
4.2.8 Stack and Group Dynamics for Loop
4.3 Roam and Zoom
4.3.1 Initial Viewing Region
4.3.2 Roam
4.3.3 Zoom
4.3.4 Stack and Group Dynamics for Zoom
4.4 Display Parameters
4.4.1 Toggles (on/off)
4.4.2 Colormap
4.4.3 Color Wedge
4.4.4 Stereo Display
4.4.5 Stack and Group Dynamics for Display Parameters
4.5 Colormap
4.5.1 Color wedge
4.6 Overlays
4.7 Data Probe
4.8 Surface Visualization
4.9 Volume Visualization

Section 5: User Interface

5.1 User Interface Methods
5.2 Grouping
5.3 The Connection Widget

Section 6: Formula Construction and Evaluation

6.1 Formulas
6.2 Frame Types
6.3 Operators
6.4 Syntax
6.5 Reading vs. Computation
6.6 Formula Panel & Evaluation
6.7 Dependencies and Evaluation Order
6.8 Delayed Evaluation
6.9 Evaluation Status
6.10 Display After Evaluation
6.11 Khoros Requirements
6.12 Normalizing Data

Section 7: Sheet Navigation and Modification

7.1 Cell Matrix Glyph
7.2 Cell to Cell Copy

Section 8: Command Line Interface

8.1 Command Line Interface
8.2 Basic Format
8.3 The Sheet Level Parameters
8.4 The Cell Level Parameters

Section 9: Sample Data Sets and Illustrative Examples

Section 10: Requesting Help & Sending Suggestions

10.1 Requesting Help & Sending Suggestions

APPENDIX A: Frequently Asked Questions and Tips

APPENDIX B: Installation Notes

APPENDIX C: List of Current Operators

APPENDIX D: Keyboard Controls

Contact: fraser@meru.cecs.missouri.edu