Format Charts

Format Charts enables you to customize the appearance of your charts.

Color Schemes

To select a new color scheme:

• Click Format Charts
• Place your mouse pointer over    Color Scheme: Reset File to ...
  A list appears.
• Select a Color Scheme from the list.

Colors

• Open Chart Format on the main menu.
• Place your mouse pointer over    Colors.
  A drop-down list appears of all the basic chart colors (background, text, grid, trendlines, caption markers, etc.) followed by a list of all the chart types included in the open file.

Loading a Color Scheme

See Format Charts for details.

Altering a Basic Chart Color

Example: To alter the background color:

• Open the    Colors menu.
• Select Background from the drop-down list. A standard color palette is displayed.
• Select a color from the palette by clicking on it.
• Click OK to record your choice.

Altering an Indicator Color

Example: To alter the color of a 20-day exponential moving average on the main price chart:

• Open the    Colors menu.
• Place your mouse pointer over Price Daily in the list of charts on the drop-down list.
  A list of all the indicators on the Price Daily chart appears.
• Select Exponential Moving Average: Daily: 20 periods from the list.
  A standard color palette is displayed.
• Select a color from the palette by clicking on it.
• Click OK to record your choice.

Legend

The   Legend button on the View menu displays the legend for each chart.

• To amend the indicator colors on a specific chart. Click the color block in front of the indicator
• To hide an indicator on a chart, clear the Check box in front of the indicator
• To hide price bars on a chart, clear the Check box in front of the security name
• To hide a security name, right-click on the Legend button and clear the check box.

Font Size

• Open Chart Format on the main menu.
• Place your mouse pointer over    Font Size. A list appears of all available font sizes.
• Click on the required font size.

Grid Style

• Open Chart Format on the main menu.
• Place your mouse pointer over    Grid Style. A list appears of all available grid styles.
• Click on the required grid style.

Indicator Width

• Open Chart Format on the main menu.
• Place your mouse pointer over    Indicator Width. A list appears of all available widths.
• Click on the required width.

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