Before You Begin
Thank you for purchasing ACD/Percepta. We have endeavored to produce the easiest to use, most comprehensive program for the prediction of key ADME and Toxicity related molecular properties.
About This Guide
This guide provides a comprehensive description of all of the options available in ACD/Percepta, it is designed for online use.
The screen shots shown throughout this reference manual have been taken with a relatively small window size.
The colors and other properties of the window elements described throughout this guide correspond with the default Windows Display Properties.
This reference guide is provided in electronic form, readable with Adobe software. If you cannot locate an index topic you need, please do a text string search for the relevant word or phrase, or related words.
Mouse Conventions
You may perform several actions during your work with this software; the following specific words are used to describe them:
- Point to means move the mouse pointer
to an item. - Click means point to an item, and press the left mouse button.
- Right-click means point to an item, and press the right mouse button.
- Double-click means point to an item, and quickly press the left mouse button twice.
- Drag means point to an item, press and hold down the left mouse button while you move the item.
- Select means highlight or make an interface element active either by clicking it or dragging over it (other actions are possible if specified in documentation). If used in "select the check box", it means that the check box should be marked with a tick (as opposed to "clear the check box" when the check box should be cleared, without a mark).
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