Chart Drawing Toolbox

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Jeff W
Last seen: 1 year 7 months ago
Joined: 01/27/2021 - 17:20
Chart Drawing Toolbox

Hello,

I cannot get my drawing toolbox that has the trend lines etc to appear for my chart. How do I add the toolbox to my already built chart? Thank you.

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william-linn
Last seen: 21 hours 56 min ago
Joined: 06/03/2011 - 00:00
Chart Drawing Tools

I think you must be referring to the chart toolbar. Check the Window menu, Window > Toolbars to ensure that the Chart Toolbar is checkmarked (enabled). If it is not checkmarked, choose the Chart Toolbar menu item to enable it.

The keyboard shortcut for showing/hiding toolbars is Alt+T. Press Alt+T a few times to see the effect. If the chart toolbar still does not appear, use the File menu to access Preferences > General. In the Object Toolbars section of General Preferences, choose, for example, Pin To Left as the preferred toolbar positioning. Click the OK  button, then go back to your chart and Press Alt+T a few times and you should see the chart toolbar show/hide at the left side of the chart window.

Another way to access chart drawing tools is to right-click in the chart; a menu will pop up with a Draw submenu. For example, right-click and choose Draw > Trendline and the trendline drawing tool will become active.

Finally, if you find that you are using one or more particular drawing tools often, you can add those drawing tools as buttons inside your chart for convenience. To add the trendline drawing tool, for example, right-click in the chart on an existing trendline and choose Add TLINE Button. A button will appear in your chart; it will be setup with purpose Activate Drawing Tool. You can then customize the button by right-clicking on it and choosing Edit.

Another  method is to right-click in the chart and choose Add > Button. The button setup will appear. Set the purpose to Execute A Toolbar Button, then choose Trendline Tool as the button. This button will essentially be a clone of the one in the chart's toolbar having the same appearance (the trendline icon). Using Button purpose Execute A Toolbar Button, you can add as many chart toolbar buttons as you want into the chart for more convenient access.