Oscilloscopes

Keyboard shortcuts in PicoScope 5


Our PicoScope and PicoLog applications are designed to be easy to use by anybody familiar with Microsoft Windows. More experienced users eventually find out about the keyboard shortcuts, which can save them time and effort. Here we list some of the most useful shortcuts, so that you can become an expert today!

  • [F1] - View the online help index
  • [F2] - Set up the timebase
  • [F3] - Select and configure the input channels
  • [F4] - Set up the trigger
  • [F5] - Set miscellaneous options for the current view
  • [F6] - Type a note to appear in the current view
  • [F7] - Set up the signal generator
  • [F9]/[F10]/[SPACE] - Pause or resume sampling
  • [Ctrl]+[Left]/[Right] - Scroll waveform left/right in oscilloscope and XY oscilloscope zoomed views
  • [Ctrl]+Mouse Drag - Zoom horizontally by drawing vertical line with mouse
  • [PageUp]/[PageDown] - step through the series of waveforms in “save on trigger” mode

Article: KB-166
12 Oct 2007

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