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* Use the mouse wheel to scroll through the chart; or:
* Click the '''Scroll Left''' [[File:Scroll Left new.png]] or the '''Scroll Right''' [[File:Scroll Right.png]] icon on the '''Control''' toolbar; or:
* Position the mouse pointer over a data series; once the '''Pointer''' http[[File://www.multicharts.com/img/wiki/cursors/Pointer.gif png]] changes into a '''Hand''' http[[File://www.multicharts.com/img/wiki/cursors/Hand.gifpng]], hold the left mouse button and drag the chart to the right or to the left; or:* Position the mouse pointer over the chart area and press and hold the space bar; once the '''Pointer''' http[[File://www.multicharts.com/img/wiki/cursors/Pointer.gif png]] changes into a '''Horizontal Double-Headed Arrow''' http[[File://www.multicharts.com/img/wiki/cursors/Move_Horizontally.gif]], hold the left mouse button and drag the chart to the right or to the left; or:
* Use the '''Arrow Left''' and '''Arrow Right''' keys on the keyboard; or:
* Select '''Format''' in the main menu and click '''Scroll Left''' or '''Scroll Right'''.
A data series can also be moved vertically by one of the following methods:
* Position the mouse pointer over the price scale and press and hold the space bar; <br>once the '''Pointer''' http[[File://www.multicharts.com/img/wiki/cursors/Pointer.gif png]] changes into a '''Vertical Double-Headed Arrow''' http[[File://www.multicharts.com/img/wiki/cursors/Move_Vertically.gif]], hold the left mouse button and drag the series up or down; or:
* Use the '''Arrow Up''' or the '''Arrow Down''' key on the keyboard; or:
* Select '''Format''' in the main menu and click '''Move Up''' or '''Move Down'''.
* Set Bar Spacing, in pixels, in the '''X - Time Scale''' tab of the '''Format Appearance''' window.
<div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">Note: Minimal Bar Spacing is 1/10.</div>
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=== Changing Price Scale Compression ===
Resetting cancels the price scale compression as well as any vertical displacement of the data series.
To reset a Chart Window's price scale click the '''Reset Price Scale''' http[[File://www.multicharts.com/img/wiki/toolbar/34_Reset_Price_ScaleReset_Price_Scale_new.png ]] icon on the '''Control''' toolbar.
The compression of a chart's price scale can also be reset by one of the following methods:
To zoom in on a section of a chart:
# Click the '''Zoom In''' http[[File://www.multicharts.com/img/wiki/toolbar/31_Zoom_InZoom In new.png ]] icon on the '''Control''' toolbar, or select '''Format''' in the main menu and click '''Zoom In'''; the '''Pointer''' http[[File://www.multicharts.com/img/wiki/cursors/Pointer.gif png]] will change into a '''Magnifying Glass''' http[[File://www.multicharts.com/img/wiki/cursors/Zoom.gif]].
# Use the mouse pointer to define a rectangular zoom-in area on the chart: position the pointer in one corner of the rectangle, hold the left mouse button, and drag the pointer diagonally across to the opposite corner; the zoom-in area borders will be indicated during the selection.
# Release the mouse button; the chart will zoom in on the defined rectangle.
== Zooming Out ==
To zoom out one "Zoom Step" click the '''Zoom Out''' http[[File://www.multicharts.com/img/wiki/toolbar/32_Zoom_OutZoom_Out.png ]] icon on the '''Control''' toolbar, or select '''Format''' in the main menu and click '''Zoom Out'''.
Each zoom-out reverses a single zoom-in step; to zoom out a step further, repeat the zoom-out again.