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There are a number
of default behaviors of FlowJo which you can alter. These are modified
through the Preferences dialog, shown below. To get to this dialog,
select "Preferences" under the "Edit" menu.
Preferences are grouped by topic.
For
more information about each type of preference, click on the topic:
FlowJo preferences are stored in the FlowJo folder.
If the program ever has problems running, even before it tries to
open a workspace or view any data, then it is useful to try removing
this file from the preferences folder, restarting and letting FlowJo
recreate this file from scratch.

Draw Column/Row Borders - allows you to enable
or disable drawing of the lines that separate 'cells' of the workspace
Gate Statistic is Frequency of Parent - allows
you to specify that the percentage shown in workspace refers to
the portion of the immediate parent population, as opposed to the
portion of all cells.
Mute Sounds - controls wether or not FlowJo's use
of auditory signals to accent certain events.
Remind to Save every.. - specify the interval of
how often you want FlowJo to remind you to save your work
Add incrementing version number to name - saves
workspaces to a new file with an incrementing file name (workspace001,
workspace002 etc..)
Show Elapsed Time Since Last "Save"
Mute sounds - disables sound events in FlowJo
Default / Use data file name / Specify Keywords
- choose how you would like to identify samples in the workspace.
Use as Default - sets the order and size of columns
visible in the workspace. If you click on "Use As Default",
then FlowJo records the columns & spacing that you have set
in the current workspace, and uses that for all new workspaces that
you create.
Transform compensated data - allows the usage of
negative values on graphs that have been compensated in FlowJo
Define DiVa Data Parameter - The button at the bottom
of this section, marked "Define
" goes to a
separate dialog specifically for dealing with the data generated by
Becton Dickinson's digital Vantage (Diva) system. This 32 bit linear
data does not fit the normal data standards used by other instruments,
but FlowJo has special settings to allow you to understand the acquisition
files. More info
on DiVa data.
Extra Neg/Pos Logs - define how many decades you'd like to see in
the transformed graphs.
Choose online help browser - choose which browser
you want to use to launch the FlowJo reference manual.
Graphs & Gates Preferences
Graph type - select a default graph type from
this pulldown. Different graph types are discussed here.
Contour Levels - choose how many percent of events
each line represents. The last N events can be displayed as "outliers".
Smoothing - in certain types of plots this option
will blend dots into smears of color for easier visual characterization
of density.
Show Outliers - in certain types of plots, outliers
will display the least dense events as dots.
Fore/Back/ground color - foreground color controls
dots and lines in dotplots and contour plots. Background color is
the blank space with no events.
Show Gate Frequency on Plots - When enabled, this
option will show %age of cells in a gate.
Show Live Quadrant Statistics - When enabled, this
option will track the chaning %ages in each quadrant as the mouse
is moved when the quadrant gating tool is selected.
Auto-Select gating tool when clicking in a graph
- when enabled, this option will enable you to begin drawing a gate
immediately. By default this will be the polygon gate.
Choose Rectangle Gate by default - this modifies
the previous option to use the rectangle gate instead.
Set "tinted" for new gates - this will
add a color tint for all new gates.
Forward Scatter on X Axis by default
Add Event Number Parameter to All Samples
Use Scientific Notation for Log Axis Labels
Number/Percent of dots drawn
Draw Large Dots (outliers & dotplots)
Layouts & Tables Preferences
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