Exporting Charts
Chartsmith charts can be saved in Chartsmith documents, saved in Keynote
documents, saved as image files, printed or exported as images into other
applications.
Saving Files and Printing Charts
Charts can be saved in files using the
Save, Save As and Export Document menu items found in the Files menu. A Chart
or range of charts may be printed using the Print... menu item. For more
information on saving and printing, see their respective Help pages.
Exporting chart image files to the file system or to other applications
Charts can be saved as image files in two ways: dragging out of Chartsmith and
dropping into a Finder folder or any other application that receives dragged
images; or using the Export Image menu item in the Chart menu.
To drag an image out of Chartsmith, hold down the alt or command key and click
in the chart. Upon doing so, an icon will appear for the image being exported.
You can drag and drop this image into a folder in the Finder, creating an image
file, or you can drag the image into another application. The alt key will
result in a TIFF image, and the command key a PDF image. For TIFF images, the
image resolution of the image is established by the setting in Preferences.
The Chart->Export Image menu item provides a means to save the chart to many
different image formats. Select the menu item, then specify the image format at
the base of the resulting panel, and save. Image resolution and compression (where applicable) can also
be set here.
Exporting chart images files to other applications (TIFF or PDF only)
via Copy and Paste
In addition to dragging charts out of Chartsmith and dropping them into a
receiving application (instead of into the Finder as described above), you can
use the copy and paste paradigm to copy a chart image from your Chartsmith file
and paste it into any application that receives image pastes. To copy a chart
image, select a chart from the Navigator, then choose Edit->Copy. In the
destination application, choose Edit->Paste and the image will be pasted.
The format of the resulting image will be based on the choice of image formats
made in the Preferences panel. If both TIFF and PDF are specified, then the
receiving application will decide which format it prefers.