Charts - Navigation and zooming

Using the mouse

 

Charts - scroller

 

 

There is a scroller at the bottom of each chart that shows you which part of all data is being shown on the chart and allows you to move back and forth in the chart, as well as zoom in and out. Grab the scroller and move it in order to scroll the data in the chart forward and backward in time. Grab one of the sides of the scroller and drag it in order to change the amount of data shown.

 

If the scroller is not flush right on the chart (that is, if there is data that is not shown to the right of the visible data), it will have a red border around it:

Charts - scroller red

 

You can also move the scroller back and forth by using the scroll wheel on the mouse while the chart window is active. Pressing the key-ctrl key while using the scroll wheel on your mouse will zoom in or out on the chart.

 

Chart - Annotations - Drag

 

Another way to scroll the chart is to change to Drag-Scroll in annotations, then just click and drag on the chart itself. Note that if you do that, you have to switch back to one of the annotations in order to be able to draw them on the chart.

 

 

Charts - mouse zoom

 

Another way to zoom in is to press the key-ctrl key and draw on the chart with the mouse. That will show the region to zoom into with a red outline. When you release the mouse button, the chart will zoom in.

 

 

Using the keyboard

 

 

Pressing the key-arr-left and key-arr-right keys on the keyboard will move the scroller right and left.

 

key-PgUp and key-PgDn keys will move the scroller faster.

 

key-Home will go to the very beginning of the chart, putting the scroller in the leftmost position.

 

key-End will go to the very end of the chart with scroller in its rightmost position.

 

key-Plus and key-Minus keys will zoom the chart in and out.

 

Using the ribbon menu

 

Charts - ribbon zoom

 

One more way to zoom in and out is to use the zoom options on the ribbon menu.