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==Understanding Desktops==
Desktop is basically an organizational tool, it helps to specify overall settings for the workspaces and the overall look of MultiCharts. You can have multiple Desktops open at once, each having a separate name and different settings.
Desktops
Desktop - состо��ние главного окна которое учитывает:
– Расположение и состоян��е(вкл/выкл) тулбаров главного окна
– Список открытых WSP
– Монитор и расположение главного окно на мониторе
В каждом инстансе МС можно открыть только 1 Desktop
Настройки Desktop сохраняются и загружаются из отдельно файла.
Workspaces help manage the working process. Several Workspaces can be open at the same time. It is possible to create, save, open, close, rename, and delete Workspaces, as well as to switch between Workspaces that are open in the application window. Each Workspace can contain multiple windows.
Names of all open Workspaces are shown in the tabs at the bottom of application window. The tab of the currently selected (active) Workspace is highlighted. To switch to another open Workspace click the tab of the Workspace you wish to switch to.
To achieve peak performance limit the number of simultaneously open workspaces to the ones you actually need.
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=== Creating Workspaces ===
To create a new Workspace, click the '''New Workspace''' [[File:New_Worksapce.png]] icon on the '''Main''' toolbar.
Workspaces can also be created by using the '''Ctrl + N''' hot key, or by selecting '''File''' in the main menu, then pointing to '''New''' and clicking '''New Workspace'''.
<div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">Note: If there are no open Workspaces when a new Chart Window is created, a new Workspace for that window will be created automatically.</div>
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=== Saving Workspaces ===
A Workspace, complete with Chart/Scanner Windows and all settings, is saved as a file with '''.wsp''' extension.
To save a Workspace, click the '''Save Workspace''' [[File:Save_Workspace.png]] icon on the '''Main''' toolbar.
Workspaces can also be saved by using the '''Ctrl + S''' hot key, or by selecting '''File''' in the main menu and clicking '''Save Workspace'''.
If the Workspace has not yet been named, the '''Save As''' dialog box will appear, allowing to choose a file name for the workspace.
In order to save an already named Workspace under a new name, select '''File''' in the main menu and
click '''Save Workspace As'''.
To save Workspaces automatically on application
exit, see [[#Workspaces Preferences|Workspaces Preferences]].
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=== Opening Workspaces ===
Saved Workspaces can be opened by using Windows Explorer/File manager as well as from the application.
To open a Workspace from the application, click the '''Open Workspace''' [[File:Open_Workspace.png]] icon on the Main toolbar; in the '''Open''' dialog box that appears, navigate to and select the Workspace file ('''.wsp''' extension) and click the '''Open''' button.
Workspaces can also be opened by using the '''Ctrl + O''' hot key, or by selecting '''File''' in the main menu and clicking '''Open Workspace'''.
Recently used Workspaces can be opened by clicking the down-arrow to the right of the '''Open Workspace''' [[File:Open_Workspace.png]] icon on the Main toolbar and then clicking a Workspace name, or by selecting '''File''' in the main menu, then pointing to '''Recent Workspaces''' and
clicking a Workspace name.
To open Workspaces automatically on application startup, see [[#Workspaces Preferences|Workspaces Preferences]].
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=== Closing Workspaces ===
To close a Workspace, click the '''Close Workspace''' [[File:Close_Workspace.png]] icon on the '''Main''' toolbar.
Workspaces can also be closed by using the '''F4''' key, or by selecting '''File''' in the main menu and clicking '''Close Workspace'''.
If any changes have been made to a Workspace since it was last saved, and: '''Do not show "Save Workspace" dialog on Exit''' checkbox in [[#Workspaces Preferences|Workspace Preferences]] is not selected, the '''Save Workspace''' dialog box will appear:
<br>- click '''Yes''' to save the changes and close the Workspace;
<br>- click '''No''' to discard the changes and close the Workspace;
<br>- click '''Cancel''' to cancel the operation and keep the Workspace open.
To disable the dialog box and close workspaces without confirmation,
see [[#Workspaces Preferences|Workspaces Preferences]].
<br><div style="background-color: #F8F6CD;">'''Important:''' <br>If both the '''Do not show "Save Workspace" dialog on Exit''' checkbox and '''Do not save workspaces''' option are selected in the '''[[#Workspaces Preferences|Workspace]]''' tab of the '''Preferences''' window then no changes to the workspace will be saved on exit!</div>
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=== Renaming Workspaces ===
Workspaces can be renamed by two different methods:
* Save a copy of the Workspace under a different name. See [[#Saving Workspaces|Saving Workspaces]]; or:
* Use Windows Explorer or another program to rename a Workspace file as any other Windows file.
<br><div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">Note: Workspaces that are open cannot be renamed by Windows Explorer. Close the Workspace prior to renaming it.</div>
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=== Deleting Workspaces ===
Use Windows Explorer or another program to delete the Workspace file as you would any other Windows file. Deleting a Workspace does not delete the data or the studies.
<div style="background-color: #E3FBE5;">Note: A Workspace that is open cannot be deleted. Close the Workspace prior to deleting it.</div>
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=== Workspaces Preferences ===
Workspaces preferences settings determine which workspaces, if any, will be opened on application startup, whether changes to workspaces will be saved on application exit, and if a confirmation prompt will appear when Chart/Scanner Windows are closed.
To set workspace preferences:
# Open the '''Preferences''' window by selecting '''File''' in the main menu and then clicking '''Preferences'''; the window can also be opened by using ALT+F, ALT+F keyboard shortcut sequence.
# Select the '''Workspaces''' tab.
# To open Workspaces on startup, select the '''Open Workspaces on Start''' checkbox; clear the checkbox to not open any Workspaces on startup.
# To show the '''Workspaces''' dialog box on startup, select the '''Show the dialog''' checkbox; clear the checkbox to not display the dialog box.
# Select the Workspaces to be opened on startup.
# To show '''Save Workspace''' dialog box on exit, clear the '''Do not show "Save Workspace" dialog on Exit''' checkbox; select the checkbox to not display the dialog box.
# Select '''Save workspaces''' or '''Do not save workspaces''' to save or not to save the workspaces on exit, respectively.
# To prompt for a confirmation when a Chart/Scanner Window is closed (deleted), clear the '''Do not prompt for confirmation when I want to close a window''' checkbox; check the checkbox to prompt for a confirmation when a window is closed.
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== Understanding Windows (Chart/Scanner) ==
