plot_help_text=str2mat(...
'                                                                           ',...
' 1. Enter base path for vprlog files and press Enter to activate.          ',...
' 2. Select cruise from pull-down menu.                                     ',...
' 3. Select data file from pull-down menu (this menu appears after cruise   ',...
'     is selected if a vprlog folder exists for that cruise).                ',...
' 4. Check/uncheck boxes to select/deselect plot types.                     ',...
' 5. Select replot interval from pull-down menu.  The plots will be updated ',...
'     at the interval selected.  Choose "only once" for one-time plotting.   ',...
' 6. If plankton plotting is chosen, a pull-down menu will appear for       ',...
'     selecting the appropriate classifier (created during "Step 3. Training ',...
'     the Computer").                                                        ',...
' 7. Descriptions of plot types can be seen by holding the mouse cursor     ',...
'     over the plot type name.                                               ');

save plot_help_text plot_help_text;
