User Profiles and multiple users

If you administer a lab with many users or if you share Stereo Investigator with someone else, you use the User Profiles to sign on to Stereo Investigator and to create, change, or remove user profiles. Each user profile is unique for each user, but profiles can have the same program settings. For example, administrators can pre-configure profiles with lenses, cameras, and other equipment used in their labs.

Profiles contain the following user information:

• Stereo Investigator. ini file—information Stereo Investigator needs to operate, including the settings and preferences you use
• Stereo Investigator. len—lens information and settings
• Stereo Investigator. UI—information on which toolbars you have on display and which windows, such as the Serial Section Manager, are open and where they are placed
• any configuration and data backup files

Profiles are a new feature with Stereo Investigator. If you are upgrading from an earlier release, you can use your old Stereo Investigator. ini and Stereo Investigator. len files. If any changes need to be made, Stereo Investigator makes the changes.

1. Click Options>User Profiles.
2. In the Profile Manager dialog box, click New Profile.Stereo Investigator displays the Create New Profile dialog box .
3. Click New Group.
4. Type a name for the group, such as Neuroscience 232 Lab or Dr. Boswell's group.
5. Click OK.

1. Click Options>User Profiles.
2. In the Create New Profile dialog box, click New Profile.
3. Type a name in the Name text box, then click OK.

If you want to copy existing user settings, see Import profile settings.

If you delete a group, all that group's users are also deleted. Backup your group and user settings before deleting any groups or users.

1. Navigate to the Configuration folder -- example: C:\ProgramData\MBF Bioscience\Stereo Investigator\Configuration
2. Select the group you wish to delete and drag it to the Trash or right-click Delete -- When you empty the Trash, you are deleting all the settings for that group.

1. Navigate to the Configuration folder -- example: C:\ProgramData\MBF Bioscience\Stereo Investigator\Configuration
2. Open the folder for the group that contains the user you want to delete.
3. Select the user you want to delete and drag it to the Trash or right-click Delete -- When you empty the Trash, you are deleting all the settings for that user.

1. Click Options>User Profiles.
2. In the Profile Manager dialog box, click New Profile.Stereo Investigator displays the Create New Profile dialog box
3. Click Import.
4. Select the product .ini file and click Select.
5. In the Create New Profile dialog box, type a name and click OK.
   Stereo Investigator creates the new profile with the imported settings.