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To export the image of a chart select File: Export. This will open the Export Dialog.
The chart can be saved in a number of different file formats: Enhanced Metafile (*.emf), Bitmap (*.bmp), JPEG (*.jpg), PCX, PNG, GIF or Native (*.tee). Each file format has advantages and disadvantages.
| • | The advantage of Enhanced Metafile is that, if pasted into, for instance, a Word document, it can be resized by dragging, without losing resolution. |
| • | Bitmaps are a lossless method of saving; the stored file will not lose any of the original's detail. Because of this, bitmaps tend to be much larger than compressed files such as Enhanced Metafiles or JPEGs. |
| • | JPEGs are file formats which can be compressed to take up less space - useful if you wish to send one by email, put it on a website, or paste it in to a document. If they are compressed too heavily, they can lose resolution and detail, and spoil colours. |
| • | GIFs are also compressed files useful for web sites; they have a considerably smaller colour palette than JPEGs or BMPs; 256 colours, as opposed to many millions. This means that while a JPEG or BMP image can show a smooth gradation of colour (for instance in a graded background), saved as a GIF image, it will appear broken up into jagged zones of colour. GIF images are therefore better suited to images showing large discrete blocks of single colours. |
| • | The Native (*.tee) format saves all the chart attributes, and the data series, rather than the image itself. This means that you can save the chart, and open it again at a later date to edit it, using the free TeeReader software available from the Pisces website. Tee files tend to be very small indeed; often less than 1KB. |
This export dialog can also be used to export the data shown on the chart.
You can also copy a chart to the Windows clipboard using the Copy button on the graphics toolbar:
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Exporting charts