Finding a Chart in the Current Chart File

In the "Chart Database" the "Stored Charts" list box (underneath the "File" button) displays a list of all the chart names that are in the current chart file. You can use any of the following ways to help find the required chart or charts.

•Scroll the list by using the scroll bar on the right hand side of the list box.

•Jump to the beginning entry for any letter of the alphabet by selecting any chart on the list and then pressing the key for the letter you want. Hit the same key to move through each successive entry beginning with the same letter.

•Use the Find button to find charts with any character string in their name or in their chart comments, or to find charts with certain planetary placements or aspects.

•Sort the list in various ways to make finding charts easier, by clicking on the Name, Date or other column headers and using the Reverse Chart Names and Descending Sort Order check boxes.

The sort options have the following effects...

•"Name" will list charts in either alphabetical order of their listed names, or in the order in which the charts are stored in the file. Subsequent selection of this option will toggle between these sort modes.

•"Date" will list charts in order of their date and time.

•"Other column headers" will list charts in the order of the value of that columns. For example, the Zodiac column sorts the charts into alphabetical order of the zodiac type name.

•Reverse Chart Names" will display the listed chart names starting with the last distinct character string (i.e. preceded by at least one blank) in each chart name as it was entered. e.g. an entered name of “Bill Clinton” is displayed as “Clinton, Bill”. If this option is not checked, then the chart names are shown exactly as they were entered. (Note that the titles of charts that are marked as Horary or Event charts are not affected by this option – they are always displayed exactly as they were entered.)

•"Descending Sort Order" will list the charts starting from the highest value to the lowest value i.e. from Z to A, from last date to earliest date, from last chart entered to first chart entered. If this option is not checked, then the charts will be listed in ascending order of the current sort option, instead.

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