This is a quick summary of the items you will need to use the TMA-Combiner. Please note that this assumes prior experience with the TMA-Deconvoluter; if you are new, please begin at the TMA website. You will be needing the following:

• "Deconvoluted" PCL-format text tab-delimited files. Files in other formats may also work but are suboptimal. Please read the file format requirements before proceeding.
  
  
• The TreeView and Cluster programs. Please refer to the TMA system requirements for additional details.
  
  
• Optional: An on-line database of stored images. As with the TMA-Deconvoluter, the TMA-Combiner is designed to work with Stainfinder and an on-line database of stored images. Please refer to the TMA website for details.
  
  
• A Windows PC running Microsoft Excel 2000 or later. This is necessary to run the TMA-Combiner program. Note: the Mac OS is NOT supported, because Active X controls are used, which are not available in Macintosh versions of Microsoft Office. Futhermore, ANY older version of Office (including Office 97) will not work either.