Aligning tracings and specimens

Purpose

Use the tools on this page:

In conjunction with the Serial Section Manager section alignment
To re-align your tracing after removing the slide from the microscope or restarting the software

If your tracings fail to align with your live image as you move around while tracing, check to make sure that the software lens selected from the drop-down menu matches the objective in use on your microscope.

If the correct software lens is already selected, your system may need to be calibrated.

An alignment tool might:

move the current section only
move images in the current section
move the reference point

Alignment Tools Comparison

	Moves images	Moves reference point	Moves tracings	Rotates tracings	Current section only	Selection only	Acquired image mode	Live image mode
Joy Free	√	√	√					√
Match Points			√	with 2+ pairs			√	√
Match Section	√		√	with 2+ pairs	√		√	√
Align Tracing		√	√				√	√
Rotate Tracing				√	√		√	√
Move Selected Objects			√			√	√	√
Rotate Selected Objects				√		√	√	√
Move Image	√						√
Move Images and Tracing	√		√		√		√