File

Brief

This section describes the File menu.

Details

The File menu contains commands for file operations.

On the menu, the following commands are available:

• Create Chart: opens the Create Chart dialog box that allows to create a chart of your choice. For details, see Create Chart.
• Create View: opens the Create View dialog box that allows to create the Kagi, Renko Candles, and Point and Figure charts. For details, see Create View.
• Snapshots: opens the submenu.
  
  
  
  On the submenu, the following commands are available:

• Open Snapshot: opens the Open Snapshot dialog box that allows to open a chart snapshot. For details, see Open Snapshot.
• Save Snapshot: opens the Save Snapshot dialog box that allows to save the current chart as a snapshot. For details, see Save Snapshot.
• Manage Snapshots: opens the Manage Snapshots dialog box that allows to open, import, export, remove, or rename a snapshot. For details, see Manage Snapshots.
• The menu also contains a list of recently used snapshots that can be opened directly from the menu.
• Layouts: opens the submenu.
  
  
  
  On the submenu, the following commands are available:

• Open Layout: opens the Open Layout dialog box that allows to open a chart layout. For details, see Open Layout.
• Save Layout: opens the Save Layout dialog box that allows to save the current layout of charts in the Marketscope 2.0 window. For details, see Save Layout.
• Manage Layouts: opens the Manage Layouts dialog box that allows to open, import, export, remove, or rename a layout. For details, see Manage Layouts.
• The menu also contains a list of recently used layouts that can be opened directly from the menu.
• Default Layout: restores the default layout of the chart. For details, see Restore Default Layout.
• Export to Excel: opens the Save As dialog box that allows to save the chart data in the Excel format. For details, see Export to Excel.
• Save as Image: opens the Save Chart As Image dialog box that allows to save the chart as an image to a file. For details, see Save Chart as Image.
• Copy to Clipboard: copies the chart as an image to Clipboard. For details, see Save Chart as Image.
• Print Preview: opens the Print Preview dialog box that allows to preview the chart before printing. For details, see Print Chart.
• Print: opens the Print dialog box that allows to print the chart in a specified range of pages and number of copies. For details, see Print Chart.
• Page Setup: opens the Page Setup dialog box that allows to set up general page settings such as choosing a printing device, page size and orientation, etc. For details, see Print Chart.
• Options: opens the Options dialog box that allows to change the options of the chart. For details, see Chart Options.
• Configure Email: opens the E-mail Configurator wizard that allows to configure the e-mail to receive strategy and alert notification e-mail messages to your mailbox. For details, see Configure E-mail Settings.
• Quotes Manager: opens the Remove Quotes dialog box that allows to remove previously loaded quotes for the symbol or symbols and year or years of you choice. For details, see Remove Quotes.

* In the E*TRADE FX platform, these commands are available on the File submenu of the Charts menu.