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Box Tool

The Box tool enables you to draw square or rectangle shaped drawings on the Chart.

Drawing a Box:

1. Select the Box tool button in the Annotation Toolbar.
2. Click where you would like to place the upper left hand corner of the box, hold down the mouse button and drag to the location of the lower right hand corner of the box.

Moving a Box:

1. Click on the box, continue holding down the mouse button while dragging to the new location.
2. Release the mouse button to place.

Deleting a Box:

1. Select the box and press the Del(Delete) key on your keyboard.
2. Or, right-click the box and select "Delete" from the menu.

Changing Properties of the Drawn Box:
Right-click on the box to open the Properties menu. Properties that can be changed are:

Foreground - Changes the line color of the box.

Background
- Changes the inside color of the box.

Line Thickness
- Changes the thickness of the box outline. Choose values from 1-6.

Line Style
- Changes the line style of the box outline. Choose from Solid, Dashed, Dotted, and more.

Send to Back
- Changes the layer of the drawing. This option is used when more than one drawing is in the same area of the chart. Click on "Send to Back" when you need to access a drawing under the box.

Delete
- Select to delete the tool.

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