Clicking on the prompts in the horizontal menu bar in the upper part of the window displays the corresponding submenus. The submenus are also available using keyboard shortcuts by pressing the meta and a letter key indicated in the main menu bar by underlining.
File: Save the database, export or import data.
Open second window or database.
Macro recording and playback.
Species: Create, rename, delete, convert,
mark, unmark, colorize, search
or display 'species' and their associated fields.
Synchronize species IDs.
Sequence: Create, copy, delete, rename, check, concatenate or modify
'alignments' (see ´Glossary´).
Edit, align, translate or realign sequences.
Calculate similarity and distance matrices,
profiles or filters.
SAI: Copy, delete, rename, convert
or combine SAI (sequence associated information).
Calculate consensus and positional variability.
Probes: Probe and Primer design and matching
Handle 'PT_SERVER' (see ´Glossary´);
Tree: Copy, delete, import, export, print, compare,
or modify trees.
Reconstruct phylogenetic trees.
Calculate consensus trees.
Curate taxonomy, fold clades.
Configure node display (NDS).
Tools A collection of different functions which did not fit well elsewhere.
All external programs configured via GDE are listed here as well.
Properties: Customize display of windows, trees and data.
To save these settings for future sessions
choose 'Save properties'.
Many menu entries are linked to explicit help pages. To visit such a help page, click the green '?' and then the menu entry you'd like to read about. See also
´Using embedded help´.