Editing a Calculated Chart

This section describes how to copy and edit, or edit and replace, a natal or event chart that appears on the list of "Calculated Charts" on the Main Screen. It is not possible to edit any type of chart other than a natal or event chart or its equivalent. If you wish to alter any other type of chart you will have to use one of the subsidiary chart options such as Progressed, Return, Harmonic, etc.

It is also possible to copy and edit, or to edit and replace a chart that is already stored in a chart file. For instructions on how to do this, see Retrieving Charts From a File.

>> To copy and edit a natal type calculated chart

1.From the Main Screen, select the required chart in the list of “Calculated Charts”.

2.Select the Edit / Copy and Edit item from the Chart menu. (If the selected chart is not editable, then this option is disabled).

3.The “New Chart Data Entry” dialog box will appear, displaying the details of the selected chart.

4.Type over whatever details you wish to change.

5.Select the OK button. An edited copy of the original chart will be created and added to the list of "Calculated Charts". The original chart will remain in the list.

>> To edit and replace a natal type calculated chart

1.From the Main Screen, select the required chart in the list of “Calculated Charts”.

2.Select the Edit / Edit Chart item from the Chart menu. (If the selected chart is not editable, then this option is disabled), or press the Ctrl+E short-cut key.

3.The "Edit Chart Data” dialog box will appear, displaying the details of the selected chart.

4.Type over whatever details you wish to change.

5.Select the OK button. An edited copy of the original chart will replace the original chart on the list of  "Calculated Charts".

Note: Doing this does not edit the chart in the "Chart Database", it simply replaces the chart in the "Calculated Charts" list (which you had originally opened from the "Chart Database") with this newly-created edited copy of it. Furthermore this copy is not saved either, it simply exists as a new chart in "Calculated Charts". If you want to also have access to the original chart you had opened in "Calculated Charts" you will have to retrieve it from again from the "Chart Database".

TIP: To edit a previously saved chart you have opened in "Calculated Charts", and at the same time have those changes saved in the chart file that the chart was opened from, follow these steps...

1.From the Main Screen, open the "Chart Database" dialog from the Chart menu, Open option, or by pressing the F3 short-cut key.

2.Find the chart in the database (see Opening a chart) and select it.

3.In the "Chart Database" dialog click on the Edit button. The "Edit Chart Data" dialog opens.

4.Make sure the checkbox Replace Chart in File is ticked by clicking on it until it is.

5.You can then make changes to the chart fields, and when you are finished click on the OK button.

6.Click the Cancel button, or press the ESC short-cut key (on the keyboard) to exit the "Chart Database".