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Pamela, Much of the NMAP2 information can be found by clicking the "Help" button at the top bar of the program. I also provide a brief overview of the program in the GEMPAK tutorial http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/gempak/tutorial/ under the GUIs section: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/gempak/tutorial/nprogs.html When in the product generation mode, you will see the mouse button hints at the bottom status bar of NMAP2. For example, when drawing a front, after clicking on the front class, the bar will show: ADD FRONT <L>PUT <M> RESET At this point, it is waiting for you to position the mouse pointer where you want the front to start and click the left <L> button to put the starting point of the front, after you click the left mouse button to start the frontm you will see the status bar read: ADD FRONT <L>NEXT <M> DONE That is telling you that the left <L> mouse button will place the next vertex of the front, or to click the middle <M> button when you are finished drawing the front. Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support >From: "Grube, Pamela G" <address@hidden> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata >Keywords: 200212051703.gB5H3A418999 > > In the meantime, I am trying to master (with no training or >documentation) NMAP2. I first looked in the general GEMPAK manual, >where there was no more than a paragraph. So the students and I are >trying to muddle through. If you have ANY procedural guides for this >GEMPAK application, I would be most grateful. My current stumbling >block is trying to get a surface plot for a specific time (not a loop), >upon which we can place fronts, etc. The timeline feature to me is very >confusing. It is also hit and miss as far as clicking goes. We have >determined, (I think) that to end a front, you should hit the middle >wheel of the mouse, and that to place text you left double click. It is >those kinds of specifics that I need. > > >Pam Grube > > >