Modifying a Signal with Basic Editing Tools

The basic editing tools allow you to change or adjust a component in the signal.

Note: Most of the basic editing tools require you to select a part of the signal. If signals are opened in different blocks of the same time domain window, both selection and modification apply in every block.

You need to open one or more signals.

  1. If you want to select a part in a signal, select Cursor management and then, click and drag the cursor.

  2. In Edit, choose an Editing Tool:

    • Copy to copy a selected part in a signal.

    • Copy as an image to copy a selected part as an image in the clipboard then, paste it in a Word document for example.

    • Copy and paste in new window to copy a selected part in a signal then, paste it in a new window.

    • Copy data to clipboard to copy data from a temporal signal, spectrum or a time-frequency representation and directly paste it in Excel or a text editor.

    • Cut to cut off a selected part in a signal.

    • Paste to paste a temporal signal and time-frequency representation.

    • Paste in new window to paste a temporal signal and time-frequency representation in a new window.

    • Insert to paste a selected signal part at the current cursor position in a signal.

      Note: This tool works only with temporal and time-frequency signals.

    • Append to paste a selected signal part at the end of a signal.

      Note: This only works with temporal and time-frequency signals.

    • Crop selection to cut off a selected part in a signal and resize the signal.

    • Crop selection in every block to cut off a selected part and resize the signals in all the blocks of the window.

    • Delete selected area to remove a selected part in a signal.

    • Delete in every block to remove a selected part from every block of a window.

  3. Click Ctrl+Z to undo the modification.

The signal modification is done.