Main Menu - Exploring the MT4's Desktop main menu features

Commands for working with charts, managing profiles, storing history data and charts are collected in this menu, and chart printing properties:

The following commands are available in the File drop-down menu:

• New Chart — open a new Chart Window for the symbol. At the command execution, the list of available symbols will appear. Having selected a symbol from the list, one can open a new chart.
  The same actions can be performed by the button of the "Standard" toolbar.
• Open Offline — open a symbol chart offline. By this command, one will select a necessary file with its historical data being stored. At that, it will not show the new quotes for this symbol in the chart. Offline chart opening can be useful at testing expert advisors.
• Open Deleted — restore a deleted chart. You will restore the deleted charts if the "Save deleted charts to reopen" is enabled in the terminal settings. All deleted chart templates are stored in the /DELETED directory. At this command execution, these templates are called, and you will open the corresponding chart.
• Profiles — open sub-menu for managing profiles. Profiles can be stored or deleted from this sub-menu, and you can download previously stored ones.
  This profile managing sub-menu can also be called by the button of the "Standard" toolbar.
  You can find more details in the "Profiles and Templates" section.
• Close — close the current chart.
• Save As — save history data as a text file in "CSV," "PRN," or "HTM" format.
• Save As Picture... — save the chart in "BMP" or "GIF" format. Once you have pressed it, the window containing the alternatives of a terminal area to be saved appears: "Active workspace," "Active chart (as is)," and "Active chart," showing the specific size.
  The same actions can be performed by the chart context menu command of the same name.
• Open Data Folder — open the folder where the client terminal stores its data: price history, configuration files, MQL4 programs, etc.
• Open an Account — Open a new demo account. You can open such an account without depositing any funds so that you can gain a thorough understanding of the trading system first.
  One can also execute the context menu command of the same name as the "Navigator — Accounts" window or press the Insert button to open an account.
• Login to Trade Account — authorize. At this command execution, the terminal tries to connect to the server using the account selected. After successful authorization, quotes and news will start to come in, and one can start trading.
  It is possible to authorize executing the "Login" command of the context menu of the "Navigator — Accounts" window or double-click on the account name.
• Login to MQL5.community — open the settings of the trading platform to log in to MQL5.community and get additional services.
• Print Setup... — general setup of printing parameters — printing device, page size, orientation, etc.
• Print Preview — preview the chart before printing it. You can find the settings of the selected printer here. This command helps to preview before printing whether you can print all desired data with the settings given.
  You can perform the same actions by pressing the "Standard" toolbar or executing the same name's chart context menu command.
• Print... — print a chart. If the "Color Print" option is enabled in the program settings, the chart can be printed in color, not as a black-and-white one.
  You can perform the same actions by pressing the button of the "Standard" toolbar, accelerating buttons of Ctrl+P, or by executing the "Print" chart context menu command.
• Exit — the terminal shutdown.

Commands managing signal windows, toolbars, and the program interface language are grouped in this window:

Some of these commands are duplicated in the "Standard" toolbar. The following commands are available in the menu:

• Languages — call the sub-menu managing languages of the Client Terminal. Having selected the desired language, one can switch the terminal interface to this language. For the changes to take effect, you must restart the program.
• Toolbars — call the sub-menu managing toolbars. Active toolbars are checked. Selection of a toolbar allows to enable or disable it. The "Customize..." command allows assigning any buttons for any toolbars. At that, a new window containing the list of toolbar elements is available. The "Insert" and "Remove" buttons allow adding or removing an element from the toolbar. The "Up" and "Down" buttons are intended for defining the location of a button in the toolbar. To reset the toolbar to appear as initially, one has to press the "Reset" button.
• Status Bar — enable/disable status bar located in the lower part of the terminal window. This data bar contains (from left to right): menu managing profiles, time and prices of the bar selected, and indicator of server connection and amounts of incoming/outgoing traffic. Having pressed on the current profile name, one can open the menu managing profiles. One can store or remove profiles in this menu, as well as download those previously stored. The sub-menu for managing profiles can also be called the "File — Profiles" menu command.
• Charts Bar — enable/disable the Chart Window names (tabs) bar in the lower part of the workspace. Using this bar, one can switch among open charts fast.
• Market Watch — open/close the "Market Watch" signal window where the current quotes are published.
  You can perform the same action by accelerating the Ctrl+M buttons or by pressing the Market Watch button on the "Standard" toolbar.
• Data Window — open/close the "Data Window." Prices of the bar selected and information about indicators imposed are published in this window.
  You can perform the same action by accelerating the Ctrl+D buttons or by the Data Window button of the "Standard" toolbar.
• Navigator — open/close the "Navigator" window. Lists of open accounts, technical indicators, experts, custom indicators, and scripts are located in the form of a tree in this window.
  You can perform the same action by accelerating the Ctrl+N buttons or by the Navigator button of the "Standard" toolbar.
• Terminal — open/close the "Terminal" window. One can manage orders and signals in this window and look through the account history, news, emails, journal of events, and expert advisors.
  You can perform the same action with the accelerator keys Ctrl+T or by the Terminal button of the "Standard" toolbar.
• Strategy Tester — open/close the "Tester" window. This window is intended for the testing and optimization of expert advisors.
  You can perform the same action with the accelerator keys Ctrl+R or the Strategy Tester button of the "Standard" toolbar.
• Full Screen — enable/disable the full-screen mode. As soon as this option is enabled, toolbars and status bar will be disabled, and all signal windows will be closed. The client terminal heading, main menu, workspace (charts), and the charts windows tabs remain on the screen. The repeated execution of the command returns the terminal to the initial appearance.
  You can perform the same action with the F11 button or the Full-Screen button of the "Standard" toolbar.
  

In this menu, one can access:

• New Order — call the window managing orders. One can place a market or pending orders from this window. You can find more details about working with orders in the corresponding section.
  The "Order" window can also be called by context menu commands of the "Market Watch" and "Terminal — Trading" windows, by double-clicking on the symbol in the "Market Watch" window, by the F9 button, or by pressing the New Order button of the "Standard" toolbar.
• History Center — call the window managing history data. Quotes used for the building of charts can be edited in History Center. You can also call this window by pressing the F2 button.
• Global Variables — call the window containing the list of the terminal global variables. Global variables are common for all expert advisors, custom indicators, and scripts. You can find more details about global variables in the corresponding section. The Global Variables window can also be called by pressing the F3 button.
• MetaQuotes Language Editor — open MetaEditor of expert advisors. Using the MetaEditor, one can create and edit experts, custom indicators, and scripts. More details on working with MetaEditor are given in the section of the same name. The MetaEditor can also be called by pressing the F4 button.
• Options — call the client terminal setting window. One can set up parameters for connection, trades, charts, experts, and others, in this window. You can find more details in the "Client Terminal Settings" section. You can also call the Options window by pressing the accelerator keys Ctrl+O. 

You can choose the arrangement of charts in the workspace, or you can open a new chart window from here:

• New Window — create a new symbol chart window. At this command execution, a sub-menu will open that contains a list of symbols available. Having selected a symbol name from this list, one can open the corresponding chart.
  You can also open a new window by pressing the New Chart button of the "Standard" toolbar or by the command of the "File — New Chart" menu.
• Tile Windows — arrange chart windows as a tile. You can perform the same action by pressing the Alt+R key combination.
• Cascade — arrange the chart windows in stages.
• Tile Horizontally — arrange the chart windows horizontally.
• Tile Vertically — arrange the chart windows vertically.
• Arrange Icons — arrange minimized windows. At that, windows of all minimized charts are placed in the lower part of the workspace. This is useful when one works with many charts at the same time.

A list of all open chart windows is located in the lower part of this menu. The current window is checked. To activate another chart, one has to select the corresponding symbol from this list.

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