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Today we are going to study the sub-menus and the commands on the MetaTrader Main menu.
The main menu is located under the title of MetaTrader main window (Figure 1) and contains all the commands available in MetaTrader.
Main menu is a set of sub-menus which we will study them all in this article.

File menu:

In this menu (Figure 2) you will find the commands enabling you to open the chart, managing profiles, saving the charts, managing your accounts and printing the charts. This is the available commands in this menu:

Figure 2 - File menu
 

New Chart:

Use this command to open a new chart  for a specified symbol. When you click this command another window with the list of all the available symbols will appear (Figure 3) to choose from it the symbol you want to open its chart. You can access the same command from the "New Chart" button at the Standard toolbar (Figure 4).

 

 

Figure 3 - Symbols list

 

Figure 4 - New Chart button

Open Offline:

Use this command to open offline charts. Offline charts mean loading the history data of the chart that already stored and prevent the chart from receiving new quotes. You can work with offline charts to test you expert advisors.

When you click this command a window with the list of already saved history data will appear (Figure 5) to choose from the symbol: period you want to open.

 

Figure 5 - Open offline chart window

 

Open Deleted:

If you have enabled the option "Save deleted charts to reopen" in the terminal Options (Figure 6) you can use this command to load the already saved deleted charts templates. The deleted charts templates are saved in /DELETED folder as templates format (.tpl).

 

 

Figure 6 - Options window - Chart tab

 

Profiles:

Clicking this command will open a sub-menu (Figure 7) enabling you to manage profiles. From this sub-menu you save , load and remove the profiles. You can access the same command from the "Profiles" button at the Standard toolbar (Figure 8).

 

Figure 7- Profiles sub-menu

 

Figure 8 - Profiles button

Close:

Clicking this command closes the current active chart. You can use the hotkeys CTRL+F4 to perform the same action.

Save As:

Use this command to save the history data of the current active chart. you can save this data in one of these formats:

CSV (Comma Separated Values) format.

PRN (Printer) format.

HTM (Hyper Text Mark-up) format.

You can use the hotkeys CTRL+S to perform the same action.

Save As Picture...:

Use this command to save the current active chart as "BMP" or "GIF" images format. When you click this command another window will appear (Figure 9) to choose one of three options:

Active workspace: Choose this option to save a picture of all the terminal (print screen).

Active chart (as is): Choose this option to save the current chart as it appear in front of you in the same size.

Active chart: Choose this option to save the current chart with the size you want. Not only the part of the chart you see will be saved but the part which fit the size you entered (Use a big width number to save more data back in the history).

 

Figure 9 - Save as picture options

You can access the same command from the context menu of the active chart (when you right click the active chart) (Figure 10).

 

Figure 10 - Context menu

 

Open an Account:

Use this command to open new demo account. When you click this command the Open An Account window will appear (Figure 11) which will take you step be step to open your new demo account.

 

Figure 11 - Open An Account window

You can access the same command from the Navigator window - Accounts list context menu (Figure 12) or press Insert button after selecting the Account list in the Navigator window.

 

Figure 12 - Navigator window - Accounts list context menu

Login:

Use this command to log in your account. When you click this command the Login Window will appear (Figure 13) which asks you for the account  number, password and the broker server. In this window you can check the option "Save account information" to save the data you have entered. You can access the same command from the Navigator window - Accounts list by double clicking the account name you want to log to.

 

Figure 13 - Login Window

Note: If you want to auto login to your account, you have to enable the option "Keep personal settings and data at startup" in the Options window - Server tab (Figure 14).

 

Figure 14- Options window - Server tab

Print Setup...:

Use this command to change the settings of the printing. When you click this command the famous Print setup dialogue will appear (Figure 15) which enabling you to change the settings of the printing.

 

Figure 15 - Print setup dialogue

Print Preview:

Use this command to preview the chart you want to print before printing it (Figure 16). The setting of the printing which you have set in the Print Setup window will effect the preview you get. You can access the same command by clicking the Print Preview button on the Standard toolbar (Figure 17) or from the chart context menu.

 

Figure 16 - Print preview

 

Figure 17 - Print Preview button

Note: You can choose to print the chart in color or black-and-white from the Options window - Chart tab (Figure 18).

 

Figure 18 - Options window - Chart tab

Print...:

Use this command to print the active chart. The settings you have set in the Print Setup window and the color mode you have set in the Options - Chart will effect the print you get. You can access the same command by hitting the hotkeys CTR+P, by clicking the Print button on the Standard toolbar (Figure 19) or from the chart context menu.

 

Figure 19 - Print button

Exit:

 Use this command to shut down the terminal. You can hit ALT+F4 to close the terminal (or any windows application).

Note: By closing the terminal the Trailing stops will not send to the server anymore.