Many of the frequently asked questions about Personal Stock Monitor are already answered in the on-line help, this tips dialog, or the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list on our Web site. Please look through these resources before contacting technical support.

If you need to contact technical support directly, use the Contact Technical Support command under the Technical Support menu under the Help menu.

You can get context-sensitive help on dialogs, menu items, and toolbar buttons by pressing the F1 key when your cursor is over the item in question.

You can find out if you have the latest version of Personal Stock Monitor by using the Software Update Wizard under the Help menu.

You can create new ticker symbols, cash symbols, folders, accounts and portfolios from the Portfolio menu.

You can sort on a column by clicking on the column header.  Clicking a second time reverses the order of the sort.

You can toggle a folder to open or close by pressing the space bar when the folder is selected.

You can zoom into a folder by pressing Shift+Enter when the folder is selected.

You can rearrange columns by dragging them with your mouse to the desired position.

You can rearrange portfolio tabs by dragging them with your mouse to the desired position.  (Gold edition only)

You can resize columns by dragging the column divider.  You can also minimize the width of a column by double clicking on the column divider in the header.

You can display the properties for a symbol by double-clicking on the symbol or pressing Alt+Enter when the symbol is selected.

You can rename a symbol or folder by pressing the F2 key or by selecting Rename from the Portfolio menu.

You can rearrange toolbars by dragging them with your mouse, and you can dock them to any side of the window.

You can export data to an ASCII file using the Export command under the File menu.

You can display graphs in either a horizontal or vertical split window.  You can change the orientation of the graph by selecting your desired option under the View menu.

You can enter mixed upper- and lower-case symbols by disabling the "Force Symbols to Upper Case" option.  (Select Preferences under the Options menu, and select the General tab.)

Fractions will be displayed as decimals if the number is not an exact multiple of 1/64th.

You can bring up the properties for a symbol on the ticker bar by right-clicking on the symbol as it passes by, and selecting the Properties item.

You can change the position of the Ticker Bar clicking on it while pressing the Alt key and dragging it to the desired position on the screen.

You can move the list of symbols in the Ticker Bar to the right or left by pressing the Ctrl key and dragging the symbols with your mouse.

You can click on a symbol in the ticker bar to display its detailed properties.

You can manually set the value of a symbol by using the Set Value command under the Portfolio menu.

You can choose to display numbers in decimal or fraction form by selecting the desired setting in Options->Preferences->General.

In the Asset Allocation pie chart, you can display the detailed properties for a symbol by double-clicking on its pie slice.

The graph will display a DataTip when you pass your cursor directly over a data point.  You can also click on a data point to activate the DataTip.

You can display a grid the securities list to make looking at long rows of data easier.  This option is located under Options->Preferences->View.