D o c u m e n t s
A Chartsmith Document appears in the Finder as a file with the extension
".chartsmith". A Chartsmith document can be opened by double-clicking
on its icon in the Finder. You may also use the File->Open menu item to open
an existing document. Chartsmith backup documents appear in the Finder also
with the extension ".chartsmith", and a tilde (~) added to the
document name, e.g. MyDocument~.chartsmith.
A Chartsmith document is a collection of charts, and when open in Chartsmith
appears as a Chart Window, containing a Chart View and a Navigator. The
Navigator shows thumbnail images of all the charts in the document, and
highlights the currently selected chart . The chart's data and some other chart
attributes are displayed in the Data View Window. Chartsmith displays one Chart
Window for every open document; the Data View Window is shared by all open
documents.
The Data View Window becomes visible upon opening an existing Chartsmith
document, or creating a new Chartsmith document. The data for the currently
selected chart is always visible in the Data View. Closing the last document
also closes the Data View Window.
Creating Documents
Choosing New from the File submenu creates a new document named
UNTITLED. If there is more than one document named UNTITLED, the number of the
document is appended to the name (i.e., UNTITLED 1, UNTITLED 2, etc.). A new
document always contains one chart with one series (of the preferred series
type) with one data element or row. The preferred series type can be set in
Preferences.
Choosing File->New_From_Template creates a new document, and the specified
template is applied to the new chart in the document.
Other standard document functions are found in Chartsmith's File menu.
When a document is saved, which chart is selected is stored so that the same
chart will be selected when the document is opened. Also stored with the
document are the page layout specifications made using the File ->
Page_Setup.. panel.