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.