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Ruler drawing tool measures and visualizes the distance in bars and the price changes in ticks and percentages between two points on the chart, illustrating how much the price has moved relative to its starting point.

Inserting Ruler

In the Insert menu, point to Drawing and then click Ruler or click the Ruler icon on the Drawing Tools toolbar.
The cursor will change to a pencil icon .
Click and drag between two points on the chart to apply the Ruler.

Formatting Ruler

To format a Ruler drawing, use one of the following methods:

Drag the cursor over the Ruler drawing to be formatted.
When the cursor changes to a hand icon , double-click on it.
Drag the cursor over the Ruler drawing to be formatted.
When the cursor changes to a hand icon , right-click and select Format Ruler from the shortcut menu.

Style

In the Style tab, you can customize the following parameters:

Line Up and Line Down: Select the Color and Weight.
Fill Up and Fill Down: Choose the Color and Alpha (transparency).

Labels

In the Labels tab, you can:

Toggle labels: Enable or disable labels by checking or unchecking the Show Labels box.
Customize appearance: Select the Font, Font style, Size, Effects, and Character Set.

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-Ruler drawing tool is used to measure and visualize the distance between two points on a chart.
+<img src="https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/images/2/2e/Ruler_D.png" width="400">
+Ruler drawing tool measures and visualizes the distance in bars and the price changes in ticks and percentages between two points on the chart, illustrating how much the price has moved relative to its starting point.
 == Inserting Ruler ==
-# In the menu select '''Insert''', point to '''Drawing''' and click '''Ruler''' <img src="https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/images/a/aa/Ruler.png" width="24">
+# In the Insert menu, point to '''Drawing''' and then click '''Ruler''' <img src="https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/images/a/aa/Ruler.png" width="24"> or click the '''Ruler icon''' <img src="https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/images/a/aa/Ruler.png" width="24"> on the '''Drawing Tools toolbar'''.
-# The cursor will change into a pencil <img src="https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/images/2/2a/Volume_Profile_cursor.png" width="24">.
+# The cursor will change to a pencil icon <img src="https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/images/2/2a/Volume_Profile_cursor.png" width="24">.
-# In the chart area select where the Ruler is to be placed.
+# Click and drag between two points on the chart to apply the Ruler.
+== Formatting Ruler ==
+To format a Ruler drawing, use one of the following methods:
+* Drag the cursor over the Ruler drawing to be formatted.<br>When the cursor <img src="https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/images/a/ab/Pointer.png" width="24"> changes to a hand icon <img src="https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/images/a/a7/Hand.png" width="24">, '''double-click''' on it.
+* Drag the cursor over the Ruler drawing to be formatted.<br>When the cursor <img src="https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/images/a/ab/Pointer.png" width="24"> changes to a hand icon <img src="https://www.multicharts.com/trading-software/images/a/a7/Hand.png" width="24">, '''right-click''' and select '''Format Ruler''' from the shortcut menu.
+=== Style ===
+In the Style tab, you can customize the following parameters:
+* '''Line Up''' and '''Line Down''': Select the '''Color''' and '''Weight'''.
+* '''Fill Up''' and '''Fill Down''': Choose the '''Color''' and '''Alpha''' (transparency).
+=== Labels ===
+In the Labels tab, you can:
+* Toggle labels: Enable or disable labels by checking or unchecking the '''Show Labels''' box.
+* Customize appearance: Select the '''Font''', '''Font style''', '''Size''', '''Effects''', and '''Character Set'''.
+[[Category:Drawing_Tools]]