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       Hot Keys

Chart Tab - Changing Issues

  •  B, C, G, P, R, Y -  Colorbar manual issue entry
  • <Ctrl><Up Arrow> -  Chart the previous higher issue in the Issue List
  • <Ctrl><Dn Arrow> -  Chart the next lower issue in the Issue List

Chart Tab - Pole Movement with Keys

  • <Rt Arrow> or <Lt Arrow> -  move the Dashed Pole one day
  • <Shift><Rt Arrow> or <Shift><Lt Arrow> -  move the Dashed Pole one month
  • <Up Arrow> -  removes the Solid Pole
  • <Dn Arrow> -  plants the Solid Pole
  • <Home> -  moves to the earliest date displayed
  • <End> -  moves to the latest date displayed
  • <Shift><Home> -  moves left to the next signal in the lowest indicator
  • <Shift><End> -  moves right to the next signal in the lowest indicator

Chart Tab - Moving with Mouse and Keys

  • <Shift>+ Mouse movement -  moves the Dashed Pole
  • <Ctrl><Shift>+ Mouse movement -  halts pole on the red line's lowest adj. price in the range over which the mouse moves
  • <Ctrl> + Mouse movement -  halts pole on the red line's highest adj. price in the range over which the mouse moves

Chart Tab: Changing the Period Displayed

  • < -    Shifts the displayed dates one month backwards
  • > -    Shifts the displayed dates one month forwards
  • 1 -    Displays the last one month of data
  • 2 -    Displays the last two months of data
  • 3 -    Displays the last three months of data
  • 6 -    Displays the last six months of data
  • 9 -    Displays the last nine months of data
  • A -    Shows all data from 9/1/88 to present
  • E -    Displays the last seven years of data
  • H -    Displays the last three years of data
  • N -    Shifts the chart to the next calendar year
  • O -    Displays the last one year of data
  • S -    Shifts the chart to show data from the first day  for the red line to the last date in the database
  • T -    Displays the last two years of data.
  • V -    Displays the last five years of data
  • Z -    Zooms the chart to the date range between poles
  • P -    When the mouse is in the date zone P shifts the chart to the Previous calendar year
  • Y -    When the mouse is in the date zone Y displays the data from Jan-01 of the current year to the last day in the database
  • W -   When the mouse is in the date zone, W invokes the appearance dialog with the cursor in the date change box

Chart Tab - Mouse is in the Issue List

  • <Up Arrow>  Moves up the Issue List and populates the highlighted ColorBar cell
  • <Dn Arrow> Moves down the Issue List and populates the highlighted ColorBar cell
  • <Control><M> -  loads a family into the Issue List.  (works on any tab)
  • <Del> deletes highlighted issues
  • <Home> goes to the top of the Issue List and populates the highlighted ColorBar cell
  • <End> goes to the bottom of the Issue List and populates the highlighted ColorBar cell
  • <PgDn> pages down through the Issue List and populates the highlighted ColorBar cell
  • <PgUp> pages up through the Issue List and populates the highlighted ColorBar cell

All Tabs

  • F1 -   The F 1 key displays context sensitive help for whichever object is selected on the screen.
  • F3 -   The F 3 key opens the Issue List printer
  • F4 -   The F 4 key starts the Print Preview dialog from any Tab
  • F10 -  Stores the positions of the solid and Dashed Poles in the registry (for Developer use)
  • F12 -  Display/Hide the Pop List

Chart Tab - Miscellaneous

  • F5 -  Redraws the charts when viewing the Chart Tab
  • F6 -  Saves the screen of the current Tab to a GIF file.
  • F7 - Save the screen of the current Tab to the clipboard so that it can be pasted into Powerpoint, Word, etc. (FT4Web version 3.7 or later)
  • D -  Change the charts displayed
  • K -  Ranks the family for the period on the chart
  • M -  Load a family into the list on the Charts Tab
  • U -  View Parameter Settings
  • ! -  Moves data from the lowest yellow line to the selected ColorBar

Family and Commentary Tabs

  • Enter key will expand/collapse the currently selected family/commentary category.
  • Enter Key will select the highlighted item list and display it.
  • Up/Down arrow keys move through the Family Tree / Commentary Tree

Internet Tab

  • <Ctrl><F> -  searches the text of the page for a specific string