Active Picture (Copy as Active Picture)

An Active Picture is a whole Data Viewer page copied into a report document as a live, editable object instead of a flat screenshot. After pasting into Word or PowerPoint you can double-click the picture and keep working on it right inside the document — add cursors, change axis ranges, move the processing cursor and watch the section plots follow. The curve data travels with the document, so a colleague who also has Deepsona installed can continue the analysis from the .docx or .pptx alone.

The page menu also offers two ordinary copy commands — Copy as Metafile (vector) and Copy as Bitmap (raster). Those produce a static picture. Use them when the recipient only needs to look at the result; use Active Picture when the recipient needs to work on it.

Before You Start

The page must contain at least one chart. On an empty page the copy commands are greyed out, and the application reports “This page has no chart to copy.”
You need a target application that accepts embedded objects — Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint are both verified.
In-place editing requires Deepsona to be installed on the machine where the document is opened. On a machine without Deepsona the object still displays correctly as a static vector picture; it simply cannot be activated.
Only the embedded form is provided: the data is stored inside the document. There is no linked variant that would depend on the original measurement files still being reachable.

Copying a Page as an Active Picture

Open the Data Viewer page you want to publish and arrange it exactly as it should appear in the report (grid layout, curves, cursors, labels, axis ranges).
Open the page menu — either click the small drop-down arrow on the right of the page tab, or right-click the page tab. Both open the same full menu.
Choose Copy as Active Picture (embedded data).
Switch to Word or PowerPoint and paste (Ctrl+V).

The page menu groups its commands as follows:

Group	Commands
Tab ordering	Move First, Move Left, Move Right, Move Last
Copy & export	Copy as Metafile, Copy as Bitmap, Copy as Active Picture (embedded data), Export Image...
Page management	Rename..., Duplicate, Delete, Delete all...
Axis ranges	Reset Limits, Coupled Limits

The whole page is copied, not the single chart under the mouse. Layout, column spans and section plots are reproduced as they appear on screen. If you only want one chart as a plain image, use Copy Chart as Image in that chart's right-click menu instead.

Pasting into Word or PowerPoint

Paste normally with Ctrl+V. The document application recognises the clipboard content as an embedded object and inserts it as Deepsona Active Picture. What you see on the page is a sharp vector rendering — it stays crisp when the object is enlarged, and it prints at the full resolution of the printer rather than at screen resolution.

If the default paste ever gives you a plain picture (some applications remember a previous choice), use Paste Special and pick the Deepsona Active Picture object entry rather than Picture or Bitmap.

Editing in Place

Double-click the picture in the document. The object activates in place: the frame becomes an editing area and Deepsona's chart interaction takes over inside it.
Work as you would in the Data Viewer — the right-click menus inside the object match the application's own chart menus:
- right-click on empty plot area → add cursors, cursor legend, labels, copy values, axis range;
- right-click on a cursor line → that cursor's own menu (Move to..., Snap to data values, Lock Position, Calculations, Properties...);
- right-click on an axis → the axis menu; double-click an axis for its range dialog.
Click anywhere outside the object to leave the editing state. The static picture in the document is re-rendered from what you just did, so the printed page always matches the last edit.

What Travels with the Document

Item	Stored in the document	Notes
Curve and colormap data	Yes	Enables in-place editing on any machine with Deepsona.
Page layout (grid, column spans, section rows)	Yes	Reproduced exactly as on screen.
Cursors	Yes	Type, position, snap and lock state, selected calculations and colour.
Labels (Label Cursor annotations)	Yes	Survive closing and reopening the document.
Axis form, ranges and units	Yes	Including logarithmic and dB axis forms.
Static vector preview	Yes	What machines without Deepsona display, and what is printed.

Cursors and labels added inside the document are saved with it. Close the document, reopen it later, double-click again — everything is back where you left it.

Pages with Processing-Cursor Sections

A colormap page that has inline sections open (see Processing Cursor and Inline Sections) can be copied as an Active Picture as a whole. The colormap keeps its full-width row and the section plots keep their row underneath, exactly as in the application.

Open the section you want (right-click the colormap → Add Processing Cursor → Time / Frequency / Order / Cross).
Position the processing cursor, then right-click it and switch on Lock Position so the cut cannot drift while you finish the page.
Copy the page as an Active Picture and paste it.
Inside the document, double-click and drag the processing cursor — the section plots update live, and you can add cursors and labels on the section plots too.

The height of the pasted object adapts to the number of section rows, so a page with sections does not come back squashed after you leave the editing state.

Choosing Between the Three Copy Commands

	Copy as Metafile	Copy as Bitmap	Copy as Active Picture
Result in the document	Vector picture	Pixel image	Editable object + vector preview
Stays sharp when enlarged	Yes	No	Yes
Can be edited after pasting	No	No	Yes (double-click)
Carries the measured data	No	No	Yes
Needs Deepsona on the reader's machine	No	No	Only for editing; display works without it
Typical use	Final report figure	E-mail, chat, quick paste	Report a colleague will continue working on

A bitmap is captured at screen resolution. It will look soft when enlarged in the document or printed at high resolution. For anything that goes into a deliverable report, prefer Metafile or Active Picture.

Troubleshooting

Double-clicking the picture does nothing

Most often the object was pasted as a plain picture rather than as an object — check with Paste Special and choose the Deepsona Active Picture object entry. The other common cause is that Deepsona is not installed on that machine; a static vector picture is all the document can show there. If the copy was made in one Windows session and pasted after Deepsona was reinstalled, copy the page again from the current installation.

The pasted object shows an empty frame

Copy the page again with the charts fully drawn on screen. Copying a page while it is still loading can capture it before the charts exist. Also confirm the page really has content — the copy commands are greyed out for empty pages.

The picture in the document did not update after editing

Click clearly outside the object to leave the editing state; the preview is refreshed at that moment. Clicking inside the object frame keeps it activated.

The section plots moved while I was finishing the page

The processing cursor follows the mouse across the colormap until you freeze it. Right-click the processing cursor and switch on Lock Position before copying the page. Unlock it again when you want to move the cut.

Nothing appears on the clipboard

Another application can hold the clipboard open for a moment (input method editors, clipboard history tools, remote desktop sessions). Wait a second and repeat the command.