MedCalcThe MedCalc menu bar
After starting the program, the MedCalc program window appears, with a menu bar at the top of the screen containing the following headings:
- File: Disk input and output of spreadsheet data files, printing, quit MedCalc
- Edit: Cut, copy, paste, find, insert, ...
- View: Open contents window, spreadsheet, notes editor, set view characteristics ...
- Format: Character formatting, spreadsheet & column format, graph formatting,
- Tools: Sort data, edit variables list, options,
- Statistics: Statistical analysis of spreadsheet data, t-tests, Wilcoxon tests, comparison of groups, method comparison, ROC curve analysis, etc.
- Graphs: Statistical graphs, Kaplan-Meier survival curve, Control chart
- Tests: Statistical tests on tabulated or summarized data (useful when you do not have the raw data available in the spreadsheet): difference between means, standard deviations, percentages, correlation coefficients, relative risk, odds ratio
- Sample size: Calculation of sample sizes
- Window: Rearrange windows or activate a specific window
- Help: Get help and information.
On line help
At any moment during working with MedCalc on line help is available, e.g. information on a menu item, explanations on a dialog box, etc. After you press function key F1 the program displays a context-sensitive help text in a new window.
You can also call the help function by clicking MedCalc Help on the Help menu.
Help in dialog boxes
To get comprehensive help on the dialog box, press function key F1, or click the Help button 
Screentips & quick help
Screentips for toolbars: an on-screen description of toolbar buttons is displayed when the pointer pauses on them.
While you are making a selection in the menu, a short description of the highlighted command is displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the window.
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