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Moving the chart
You can move a chart in its window in several ways.
Hand tool
Click the Hand tool
in the Tools palette to select it, then move the cursor over the chart and
position it in the center.
Click and drag while holding the mouse button down. The chart moves as you
move the mouse.
Note: when you release the mouse button, the software redraws the part of the chart
following the move that you have made. This may take several moments during
which the watch icon is displayed.
Note: do not attempt to move a chart several times in quick succession. Wait until
the software has redrawn the chart after each new move.
Scrolling bars
You can use the horizontal and vertical scrolling bars, as in any Windows
document, to move the chart in the active window.
To do this, click one of the scrolling arrows and keep the mouse button held
down. Try moving the displayed chart in all four directions (to the left, to the
right, upwards and downwards).
You can also click in the shaded part of the scrolling bars to scroll page by
page (actually by a half-width or half-length of the screen). Do not hold the
mouse button down since the software requires several moments to redraw the
chart, and you may quickly move far away from the desired location.
Arrow keys of the keyboard
Another way to move the chart on the screen is to use the arrow keys on the
keyboard. To move the chart, just press the arrow that points in the direction
that you want to see. If you want to see more of the chart to the right, press
the right arrow key.
Centered ship
This function puts the chart in centered ship mode (or Auto mode). If the chart was not previously centered on the ship, it is redrawn.
In Auto mode, the chart will automatically be moved when the ship moves out of the
centering zone of the screen presently defined. This zone is, by default, located
in the middle of the screen and has a width and height equal to half of the
size of the screen.
Modification of the centering zone (dimension and position) is explained in the chapter High level functions .
You can activate and deactivate this mode using the Auto button located in the lower left-hand corner of each chart window.
Click this button to activate Auto mode:
Click this button again to deactivate Auto mode:
Note: Auto mode is associated with a chart window. Therefore, you can activate this mode
on one of the windows, but not on the others.
Note: when using chart by chart mode, the Auto mode only operates in the area of the opened chart. You must manually open
another chart when the ship is moving outside of the displayed chart.
Center around
You are able to define centering points which permit you to directly center
the chart on the recorded points.
This function is quite useful to very quickly move the chart from one area to
another.
To enter centering points, refer to Creating centering points paragraph of High level functions chapter.
To center the chart, select Center around· from the Display menu..