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Formatting 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. From the Menu bar, click Format > Symbol. The Format Symbol [symbol] 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 format 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 format 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.

8. Select the Set as Default check box to use the color and weight settings as the default for all future Point & Figure charts.
9. Click OK when finished.

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