Upon starting PULSE+PULSEFIT you're usually asked whether to run PULSE or PULSEFIT. Creating the empty file "Pulse.On" within the PULSE folder will automatically start PULSE, a file named "PulseFit.On" will start PULSEFIT.

The file "WinTiny.On" in the PULSE folder causes most windows to be only 2/3 of its normal size. If it contains a scaling factor (as ASCII-text!), the scaling factor is used instead of the default value of 0.667. "0.9" is a good value for most monitors, it will make all dialog windows 10% smaller. That way one could have PULSE running on screens smaller than 15".

Sometimes it is helpful to get a short summary of the experiments in a data file:
If you want to printout graphs of your experimental data you can set the export settings (in the "Tree" menu) to "Printer". Then click on "Export" in the menu. If you've set the cursor to the root of the data tree, Pulse will make print-outs of all series in the file.
If you prefer to get an overview in text form you should set the export setting to "Log Book" and the "ASCII text format" to "tab separator". A click on "Export" will write the information stored in the respective branch of the Tree (with all amplifier-settings, time stamp and so on) to a text file which you can opened and printed with each Text editor.

There are two ways to change the size of the oscilloscope:

1. The shortcut: Hold down the [SHIFT] key while you resize the window, and all controls will be automatically moved down or right to make space for the Trace window.

2. The procedure described in the chapter User Interface, subchapter "Tutorial: Changing the Size of the Oscilloscope Window". That feature is not as easy, but it allows to define the position and graphic appearance of each single control in the window.

If you want to make the change permanent, save the new window organization with the menu command Pulse Front Dialog Save.

Normally Windows writes all data into a file cache first. Disabling this feature slows down storing of data on the benefit of more safety. Therefore, the "Data File Cache" in the "file" menu is disabled by default. You may enable the data file cache to increase acquisition speed, however - in case of a computer crash the data in the cache would be lost. The "Auto File Update" in the same menu automatically updates all files after each series (including the Stim and Pulsed Tree). This is good policy since these data, while physically written, are not really accessible without the appropriate tree structure. Thus, in case of a crash, these data would not be retrievable, because the tree structure is only written to disk when the file is closed or updated. When selected, the option "Auto File Update" will do an automatic update of the file after each series.