Format Charts

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

format charts menu

Color Schemes

To select a new color scheme:

  1. Click Format Charts
  2. Place your mouse pointer over color scheme Color Scheme: Reset File to ...
    A list will appear.
  3. Select a Color Scheme from the list.

Warning When you load a color scheme it overrides any color settings saved for the particular file.

Colors

  1. Open Chart Format on the main menu.
  2. Place your mouse pointer over colors 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.

Altering a Basic Chart Color

Example: To alter the background color:

  1. Open the colors Colors menu.
  2. Select Background from the drop-down list. A standard color palette is displayed.
  3. Select a color from the palette by clicking on it.
  4. 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:

  1. Open the colors Colors menu.
  2. 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.
  3. Select Exponential Moving Average: Daily: 20 periods from the list.
    A standard color palette is displayed.
  4. Select a color from the palette by clicking on it.
  5. Click OK to record your choice.

Font Size

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

Grid Style

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

Hint If you do not want a grid select the same grid color as the background.


Hint Bright colors are not suitable against a dark background and vice versa.

Indicator Width

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

Enhanced Graphics

  1. Open Chart Format on the main menu.
  2. Place your mouse pointer over indicator width Enhanced Chart Graphics.
  3. Select Enhanced for smoother trendlines and other anti-aliasing benefits.
    Select Normal to return to the standard graphics option.

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