Pdf files

Creating a pdf file. It is easy to create a pdf file from the chart. Pdf files are great! Small in size, easy to view (you can zoom if you wish), easy to ship. Make pdf files of charts for your own use, to keep track of your thoughts. Make pdf files to share your ideas with others.

Make PDF Filescreates the pdf file in memory. Pdf|Save As saves the pdf file on the hard disk. If the file exists, it will be appended. Save does the same thing, but does not bring up the save dialog. This is useful if you want to add a lot of charts to the file, for it saves to the previous saved file. However, if Adobe Acrobat has the file opened, then patterns will not add to the file. Be sure to close Acrobat!

This works only if  Misc|Smooth Chart on the main form is not checked!

The chart appears, with three lines below. (I do not know how to put the text above the chart!). The first line is the date and time. The next line is the contract. The third line is the signal information that appears on the top of the chart.

You can add any text you wish.  Before pressing Save (or SaveAs), open any word processor, such as Microsoft Word. Select the desired text, and Edit |Copy (Control + C). Immediately press the save button. You text will appear below the three lines. This is easy to do, but tricky. First make the pdf file, and then select and cut the text, and immediately save the pdf file.

You can create a pdf file in one step by pressing Pdf|Save As or Pdf|Save,without first pressing Pdf|Make pdf. This will create the pdf file. The  drawback is that you cannot add text. To add text, first make pdf, the open Word, select and copy, then Save As or Save.