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Garden with Insight v1.0 Help: How to

This how-to section answers specific questions about how to use different features of Garden with Insight. Some of this information can also be found in the descriptions of tools, tool actions, menus, and windows elsewhere in this help system.

General

How to change a unit
How to undo an action
How to change the number of undo actions saved
How to minimize memory use
How to switch between metric and English units
How to copy a picture of a window to the clipboard
How to print a picture of a window
How to change startup file preferences
How to change command line options

Gardens

How to create a new garden file
How to open a garden file
How to save a garden file
How to change the backdrop picture
How to change the color of the background
How to use backdrops with a 16-color graphics display
How to change the drawing scale of all plants in the garden
How to collapse or expand the garden window
How to run the simulation
How to change how often the garden redraws
How to speed up the simulation
How to stop the simulation
How to stop using a backdrop picture
How to see the garden from a bird's eye view

Tools

How to pick up and put down tools
How to use tools
How to change a tool's actions
How to change a tool's pictures
How to change a tool's sounds
How to change how a tool action works
How to change the lists of available tool amounts, areas and depths
How to make a new tool
How to make the tool pictures smaller
How to use tools with a 16-color graphics display

Browser

How to change a value in a browser component
How to change the bounds on a browser component
How to choose numbers or pictures in the browser
How to get help on a group of aspects
How to make a new group
How to rearrange the aspects in a group
How to select an aspect in the browser

Graph

How to graph an aspect
How to show a graphed aspect on its own axis
How to change a graph line to show bars or lines
How to change the color of a graph line
How to change the scales of the graph axes
How to change column size in the list of graphed aspects
How to graph two aspects that have different ranges
How to label the graph axes
How to make a graphed aspect work with a different soil patch or plant
How to change how a soil layer aspect is graphed
How to graph the relationship between two variables with xy mode

Harvest

How to change nutritional information for a harvest item
How to change column size in the harvest list
How to change the information included in a harvest report
How to change the sort order in a harvest report
How to make a new harvest report
How to pick a harvest report

Weather

How to change the climate
How to record notes on the weather or a climate
How to select the weather in the browser

Soil patches

How to change a soil patch's area
How to change a soil patch's soil type
How to change the shape of a soil patch
How to change the soil base color
How to change the soil patch mulch base color
How to change the drawing scale of all plants in a soil patch
How to change the default soil type
How to create a soil patch
How to make a copy of a soil patch
How to drag a soil patch
How to carry mulch
How to carry soil
How to record notes on a soil patch or soil type
How to remove a soil patch
How to rename a soil patch
How to select a soil patch in the browser
How to see a soil patch from a bird's eye view

Plants

How to change a plant's colors
How to change a plant's leaves
How to change the icon representing a harvested part of a plant
How to harvest a plant
How to make growing plants easier
How to make growing plants harder
How to make plants draw faster
How to make plants draw more realistically
How to transplant a plant
How to plant a seed or seedling
How to quickly grow a plant
How to make a copy of a plant
How to pull up a plant
How to pull up all the plants in a soil patch
How to record notes on a plant or cultivar
How to rename a plant
How to select a plant in the browser
How to select a plant in the garden window
How to start a plant from seed again

Templates

How to create a plant, soil, or weather template
How to make a seedling cultivar
How to make a new soil amendment
How to rename a template
How to select a template in the browser
How to use templates from another library file
How to copy templates from one library file to another

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