Preferences
The Chartsmith Preferences panel is accessed from the
Chartsmith->Preferences menu item. There are five Preferences sub-panels
which are accessed through the tab list at the top of the Preferences panel.
For any changes in preferences to take effect, you must store these settings by
clicking the Set button.
Setting the Preferred Series
When a new document is created, it contains a new chart with one series. The
type of this chart series is specified using the Preferred Series preferences
setting. The Preferred Series Type is also used when creating a new series in a
chart using the ENTER key from the Data View; with this action a new series
column of the preferred type is added.
The preferred series type can be set simply by clicking the icon representing
the series type you want.
Setting the Default Series Colors
The default series colors are used as the default fill colors for all series
added to a chart. Seven color slots are provided for the first seven series in
a chart; beyond seven series the color set repeats. Series colors can include
transparency.
Specifying New-Chart Templates
New-Chart Templates allow you to specify a template for each chart type. When a
template is specified and activated for a chart type, the attributes stored in
the template file are applied to any newly created chart of that type. This is
the same as creating a new chart using the Chart->New_From_Template menu
item, but the template is specified in the Preferences only once.
To set the New-Chart Template, select the chart type for which you wish to
specify a template. Then set the template path by dragging a template file to
the file well, or by using the Set button. By default, all newly specified
templates will be set as active. If you want to set a template, but deactivate
it , click the Active switch. Inactive templates are not applied to new charts.
Use the clear button to remove a template specified for a given chart type.
New-Chart templates will not be applied when creating a new chart from a
template, or when opening a new document from a template using the menu item
(Document->New_From_Template and Chart->New_From_Template).
To view the template thumbnail image for the specified template, just double
click on the template file icon in the Preferences window.
Font Preferences
With the controls found in the Fonts
segment of the Preferences panel, you may establish the fonts for all text and
balloon annotations, and the Data View cells and labels.
To set the fonts for any of these categories, first select the category from
the popup in the Fonts box. Then just bring up the font panel, select the
desired font and click Set in the font panel.
Software Update
The Software Update feature enables
Chartsmith to check for updates and revisions to Chartsmith using your internet
connection, i.e. Software Update answers the question "Is there a new
version of Chartsmith available?". This can be done automatically or
manually. For manual update checking, you must click the "Check For
Updates Now" button to have Chartsmith go out and look for updates. For
automatic update checking, Chartsmith will perform update checks on a daily,
weekly or monthly basis, without any intervention from you.
When an update is found, Chartsmith prompts you to choose whether you want to
download the update, get more information, or check for an update later and not
do anything now. If you download the update, it will be downloaded from the
Blacksmith website onto your computer, at which point you can install it when
and as you wish. If you choose to get more information, a web browser page will
be displayed with information on this latest release of Chartsmith.
Blacksmith recommends that you do automatic checking on a weekly basis. That
way, if a critical bug is found and repaired, you will be notified that a new
version is available that repairs this bug.
Miscellaneous Preferences
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