Customizing a Point & Figure Chart

Once you have created a Point & Figure chart, you can change the color and weight of the X and O columns.

  1. Activate a Point & Figure chart containing a desired symbol.
  2. Access the Settings > Preferences menu sequences. The Chart Analysis Preferences dialog is displayed.
  3. Click the Style tab.
  4. Under Bar type, confirm that X's and O's is the selected option.
  5. To display the X and O columns in the same color and weight, select the Use same color/weight for all components check box. Clearing this check box allows you to choose different colors and component weights for each column.
  6. To customize the X columns:
    1. Select Up Column (X's) from the Bar components list.
    2. Select a color from the Component color drop-down lists.
    3. Select a weight from the Component weight drop-down lists.
  7. To customize the O columns:
    1. Select Down Column (O's) from the Bar components list.
    2. Select a color from the Component color drop-down lists.
    3. Select a weight from the Component weight drop-down lists.
  1. Select the Set as Default check box to use the color and weight settings as the default for all future Point & Figure charts.
  2. Click OK when finished.

 For information on changing the settings, scaling, or properties of a Point & Figure chart, see Customizing a Symbol in the Chart Analysis Window.