Sharing Toolkit 6 Stock Studies

With Cheap & Easy PDF Creator

Software

by Doug GerlachDecember 2009

The Issue:• How can I share my Toolkit 6

Stock Studies electronically with members of my club or online investing communities?

The Easy Solution• If they have Toolkit 6

– Export a Stock Study in *.SSG or *.ITK format.

– From TK6 menu, File > Export Data.

Another Solution• Save a bitmap (*.BMP) of each page

from TK6’s “Screenshot” button.• Large files, but can be compressed if

copied and pasted into Word (typically from 9 mb to 250 kb for a Stock Study).

• Requires recipient to have Word.

The Slightly-More-Complex Answer

• Install a Portable Document Format (PDF) creator program on your computer.

• Works like a printer.• Allows you to print from any

application (not just TK6) to create a PDF.

• PDFs can be read by any computer with a free program like Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Many Free PDF Programs

• DoPDFwww.dopdf.com

• PDF Writerwww.pdfill.com

• PrimoPDFwww.primopdf.com

• Solid PDF Creatorwww.freepdfcreator.org

• PDF Creatorwww.sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator

• PDF reDirectwww.exp-systems.com

• PDF995www.pdf995.com

• CutePDF Writerwww.cutepdf.com

Non-Free PDF Programs

• Adobe Acrobat

www.adobe.com• Foxit PDF Creator

www.foxitsoftware.com• PDFactory

www.fineprint.com

Installing• Download & install selected program.• Program installs as printer on your

computer.

Set as Active Printer in TK6• From File menu, select Print Setup,

then select printer:

Print from TK6 as Usual

PDF Saved & Displayed

Upload or Email• Resulting *.PDF file can be uploaded

or emailed.• If recipient doesn’t have PDF reader,

send them to www.adobe.com for free download of Acrobat Reader.

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page

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