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Controlling the Charts

Filling a list from the Family Tab

The Family Tab lets you view, change, and create families. With regard to loading, the Family Tree is much like the Family Loader/Saver discussed above.

To load a family from the Family Tree to any Tab's list. Do the following:

  1. Click on the Family Tab
  2. Expand the categories as needed
  3. Click and hold on the desired family.
  4. When the sinewave.gif (158 bytes) appears, drag the family to the desired tab.
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Updated 03/11/14

For some it's love at first sight, for others learning FastTrack for the Web takes 2-3 days of using it. FastTrack's interface follows the object-oriented standards first set in Windows 95.

With FastTrack for the Web, most of the aspects of a chart can be changed in either the

Below are listed some of the most common operations in FastTrack and how they are accomplished in FastTrack for the Web.

Changing an Issue

  • Click on the Color Bar on the color box of your choice and type the ticker symbol of the issue you want show as a  line of that color

OR

  • Click and hold on the issue in the Issue List and drag it to the color box of your choice.

OR

  • Click in the middle of the chart, then press a key corresponding to the first letter of the color of the line you want to change. This action will bring up a box requesting a symbol. Enter the ticker symbol, then click OK.

To redraw, move the mouse into the chart area.

Changing the Family on each Tab

In FastTrack for the Web, families are saved to disk and, when in use, loaded to Issue Lists. Unlike FastTrack for DOS, there is no single family in use at all times. FastTrack for the Web performs operations using  the contents of a list. A list may or may not be identical to a family saved on disk.

Each Tab has its own list. Operations on each Tab are relevant to that Tab's  list not NOT a globally loaded family. To load a family into a list do the following:

  1. Left-click on the list.
  2. Press the <Control> + <M> keys on your keyboard.
  3. Type the family name in the appearing dialog box.
  4. Press the <Enter> key on your keyboard.

OR

  1. Right-click on the list.
  2. Select the Load Family menu item.
  3. Expand the categories of families in the Family Loader/Saver until you see your desired family.
  4. Double-click on the desired family.

OR

  1. Right-click on the list.
  2. Select the Load Family menu item.
  3. Click-on the entry box at the top of the Family Loader/Saver.
  4. Enter the family abbreviation, and hit <Enter>

This method is quick when you know the family abbreviation.

Changing the Dates Displayed on the Chart

There are several ways to change the date range that you are viewing. The simplest is just like using the FastTrack for  DOS "E" commands. Try the following

  1. Move the mouse into the Date Zone.
  2. Hit an abbreviation key . . .1 for 1 month, O for 1 year, etc.

The valid abbreviations are the same as used for FastTrack for DOS. To list the abbreviations do the following:

  1. Right-click in the middle of the chart. The Chart Pop-Up Menu will appear.
  2. Click on "pEriod" on the Chart Pop-Up Menu.
  3. More than just listing the abbreviations, you can choose the period from this menu. Click on the desired period.

When you know the exact dates you want to chart, do the following:

  1. Right-click in the center of the chart. The Chart pop-up Menu will appear
  2. Click on "Appearance" and the Appearance Dialog Box will appear. From here you can change the chart dates displayed.
  3. Click in the "Starting Date" box, delete the date, and enter the new date.
  4. Do the same in the "Ending Date" box.
  5. Click the "Draw Chart" button.

Finally, you can bracket the date range with the poles.

  1. Move the Dashed Pole to either the starting or ending date.
  2. Hit <Down arrow> to plant the Solid Pole.
  3. Move the Dashed Pole to the other end of the range.
  4. Hit Z to zoom in on a date range.
Changing the Chart Type

Right-click in the middle of the chart. The Chart Pop-Up Menu will appear. Click on "Appearance" and the Appearance Dialog Box will appear. From here you can change the charts displayed by either entering the letters in the "Chart Select" box or clicking the buttons which correspond to the desired charts. Once you've made your selection, click the "Draw Chart" button. FastTrack for the Web divides the screen into six sections, allowing up to six separate charts to be displayed.

Other Functions

Many of the DOS functions of FastTrack have been redone in FastTrack for the Web. In most cases, if you press the key corresponding to the function as you would in DOS, a box will appear with tips on performing that function in WINDOWS.