Tips and Tricks: Remember to use HotKeys

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Remember to use HotKeys

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Topic: Remember to use HotKeys

Posted By: Peter
Subject: Remember to use HotKeys
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2005 at 4:49pm

BullCharts has a number of keyboard shortcuts, or hotkeys, that can speed up your analysis tasks. It's well worth spending a few minutes to learn how to more efficient complete tasks that you're doing every day.

Here's a list of some of the more useful hotkeys. Check the manual for more. Where a shortcut is written as Key1+Key2, it means to hold down key1 and then press key2 while still holding the first one.

F1 - Open help, or if you're editing an indicator, searches help for the selected keyword.
F6 - Open/close the security manager
F8 - Open/close the scan manager
F7 - Maximise/minimise the current chart pane
F11 - Turn fullscreen on/off
+ - Zoom in on a chart
- - Zoom out on a chart
Home - Go to the start of the chart history
End - Go to the end of the chart history
PageUp - Move back in the chart history
PageDown - Move forard in the chart history
Esc - Cancel the selected tool
O,H,L,C,V,S - http://www.bullcharts.com.au/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=105 - Snap a linestudy to a plot
Ctrl+I - Insert an Indicator
Ctrl+S - Save a chart
Ctrl+O - Open a saved chart
Ctrl+P - Print the chart
Alt+Enter - Bring up properties for the selected item

Finally, remember the http://www.bullcharts.com.au/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=114 - symbol overtype feature. This can be a huge timesaver.