A chemical experiment workflow usually consists of a reaction, followed by a workup, and is often finalized by a purification procedure. Separating these phases within the experiment protocol makes it easy to understand the structure of an experiment at a glance.


By default, Espresso ELN creates a "Reaction" section for each new experiment. To add another section, click the small down arrow button to the left of the Addition Toolbar. The appearing popup menu provides some titles of common workflow sections, but you also may enter a custom title in the empty text box below the names sections. In this example, click the "Workup" item:


A "Workup" section now appears below the original "Reaction" section, ready for entering more protocol data:

 

A section title can be modified at any time by clicking its label and editing the content of the text box of the appearing popup menu. The context menu also allows the removal of the complete section, if desired:



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