Viewing Charts

The Zoom and Crosshair chart functions offer the ability to get a more detailed view at sections of the chart.

Zoom magnifies a particular time period on the chart, while the Crosshair hones in on an individual plot point.

The Zoom and Crosshair buttons are displayed beneath the chart in the Charts tab.

 

Three additional features that add usability and convenience to your charts are:

Zoom

The zoom button is beneath the chart in your chart tab. Click the to zoom in. Click to zoom out. Click to restore the chart to full size.

Example: The yellow selected area in picture A zooms to the image in picture B.

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Crosshairs

Click to change the cursor to a crosshair , which will allow you to get precise data from a particular point on the chart in the line of data at the top of the chart. The center of the crosshair and the data it is pinpointing are highlighted in red in the image below:

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Printing Charts

Print the displayed Chart by clicking the Print link in the upper right corner.

 

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