ChartDraw manual

The chart window


[ Charts | Chart window menu ]


Charts

The data can be plotted in several different formats.


Stacked bars

Grouped bars

Lines

Stacked lines

Pie chart

The format of the chart can be changed at any time, and the layout fine tuned, using the chart window menu, described below.


The chart window menu

The chart window menu is shown to the right.

The upper section allows the chart to be replotted in a different format. Examples of the formats are shown below.

Stacked bars
This will replot the data in stacked bar chart format.
Grouped bars
This will replot the data in grouped bar chart format. Alternatively, following the arrow right allows you to select from a submenu just one of the columns to be plotted.
Line graphs
This will replot the data in line chart format. Alternatively, following the arrow right allows you to select from a submenu just one of the columns to be plotted.
Stacked lines
This will replot the data in stacked line chart format.
Pie charts
This will replot the data in pie chart format. Alternatively, following the arrow right allows you to select from a submenu just one of the columns to be plotted.

The next section has options to modify the layout of the chart.

Pie slices
This option will only be available when a pie chart is showing, and leads to a submenu.

When a pie chart is first plotted it will be shown with all the slices together as a complete contiguous circle. This is as shown on the left, below.

Choosing the option explode all will draw the segments with their centre moved away from the circle origin, as shown on the right, below.

The option return all will reverse this process, and the pie will again be shown as on the left below.

There may be the situation where you want to emphasise only one or a small number of pie slices. This cannot be done from the menu, but can be done by simply double clicking on the slice which is to be moved outwards. This is demonstrated in the image below, in which two slices have been exploded. If more than one pie is showing, then the corresponding slice in all the pies will be moved.

Any slice which has been moved out can be returned to the normal position by double clicking on it again. The double click must be within the area the slice would occupy in the normal position.

Display options...
This opens a dialogue that allows a range of layout options to be changed. Any changes will apply only to that specific chart, any other charts displaying will be unchanged. The range of options available is described in a separate page.

The final section allows the chart to be printed or saved as a drawfile.

Print...
This leads to a small dialogue.

This will show the currently active printer, and allows the number of copies to be selected. Clicking Print will print the chart, using the print format setting in the print tab of choices. If there is not an active printer, the Print button will be shaded.

Save Drawfile
The arrow leads to a standard save as dialogue, allowing the chart to be saved as a drawfile to disc or directly to another suitable application.

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This document last modified on 15th March 2014