Presenting Sequence Alignments from
MSAReveal
1. Use Options To Unclutter
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Under Options, you may uncheck (hide) row numbers, gene names, UniProt IDs, and the
consensus to make a less cluttered and more compact sequence alignment display.
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Default sequence listing. |
| Compact, uncluttered table after unchecking (under Options) row numbers, gene names, UniProt ID's, and consensus. |
- MS Windows (7 and later) includes a convenient screenshot
tool called Snip or Snipping Tool.
Click Start, then type snip in the
search slot in the Start Menu. The rest is self-explanatory.
- MS Windows XP or earlier:
Alt-PrtSc (hold
down the Alt key, then press the Print Screen key) copies the
active window to the clipboard.
You can then paste the image into another application (such as Powerpoint).
Cropping an image pasted into MS Powerpoint or MS
Word: After you paste the image into an MS Powerpoint slide or MS
Word document, click on the pasted image. A "Picture" toolbar
will appear. It includes a cropping tool: click on 
to activate cropping. Edge markers will appear
on your pasted image. Drag these to delimit the new cropped
image. Click the cropping tool again to de-activate it. Now you
can resize the image (with the corner handles) and drag it to the
desired position.
- Mac OSX:
- Clipboard:
Hold down Command (Apple) plus Shift plus Control (yes, 3 keys all at once!),
and then press the "4" key. Now,
use your mouse to click and drag a rectangle around what you want
to save. When you release the mouse, the image will be saved
to the OS X Clipboard. Now you can paste it into Word, Powerpoint, etc.
- Saving an Image File: Hold down Command (Apple) plus Shift (just 2 keys), and then press the "4" key. Now, use your mouse to click and drag a rectangle around what you want to save. When you release the mouse, the image will be saved directly to a disk file (in Portable Network Graphics or .png format) on your desktop. This file can be displayed in a web browser, inserted into a Powerpoint slide, etc.
- Clipboard:
Hold down Command (Apple) plus Shift plus Control (yes, 3 keys all at once!),
and then press the "4" key. Now,
use your mouse to click and drag a rectangle around what you want
to save. When you release the mouse, the image will be saved
to the OS X Clipboard. Now you can paste it into Word, Powerpoint, etc.
In addition to Microsoft Powerpoint, there are excellent free presentation (slideshow) packages such as Google Slides and LibreOffice.
Feedback to emartz@microbio.umass.edu.