On line help 

At any moment during working with MedCalc on line help is available, e.g. information on a menu item, 

explanations on a dialog box, etc.  After you press function key F1 the program displays a context sensitive 

help text.   

You can also call the help function by selecting Contents and Index in the Help menu. 

Help in dialog boxes 

To get comprehensive help on the dialog box, click the Help button.  

To get help on any item in the dialog box: click the question mark   in the title bar of the dialog box, and 

then click an item in the dialog box.  

  You can print or copy the information in a pop up window by right clicking inside the pop up window, 

and then clicking Print Topic or Copy.  

  To close the pop up window, click inside it.  

  You can also get help on an item by right clicking it, and then clicking What s This? 

ScreenTips & quick help 

When the mouse is moved over one of the buttons in a toolbar, a short explanation appears in a small 

popup window. 

While you are making a selection in the menu, a description of the highlighted command is displayed in the 

status bar at the bottom of the window. 

The spreadsheet data window 

In MedCalc, data are entered in a spreadsheet.  You open the spreadsheet window by selecting 

Spreadsheet in the View menu, or selecting Data in the Contents window. 

One cell (rectangle) of the spreadsheet is highlighted. This rectangle is called the cell pointer. 

The first character(s) of this cell address (A) is the column indicator and the next number is the row number 

(row 1 is the first row number).  Above row 1, there is an additional fixed row where you can enter a column 

heading, i.e. a name for the variable for which data will be entered in this column. 

The column and row of the cell pointer are also called the current column and row. 

The cell pointer can be moved with the arrow and/or cursor keys, or by means of the mouse.  When you 

click on a cell, the cell pointer jumps to this cell.  You can browse in the spreadsheet window by clicking on 

the right and bottom border of the spreadsheet window, or by using the Page Up and Page Down and 

other cursor or arrow keys. 

By pressing the Ctrl+Home key you move the cell pointer to the first data cell in the spreadsheet: cell A1, 

and with Ctrl+End to the last cell used in the spreadsheet. 

You can fix a number of columns in the spreadsheet by using the Split window command (see p. 151): 

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