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Information is available on:
What this software does
Running the application
The Iconbar Menu
Entering Data
Further help available
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Note that if any read me files are supplied as
part of this application, they may have more
recent information than is contained in this
file.
ChartDraw is © Chris Johnson, 1992-4
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This application provides interactive help when
the !Help application is active.
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What this software does
It allows the production of a range of charts from
data that can be entered and edited. The program
plots line graphs, stacked and grouped barcharts
and piegraphs. The current implementation provides
2D display of the charts.
A number of options for obtaining various forms
of hard copy exist (saving as a !Draw file, or
printing via any standard RISC-OS printer driver).
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Running the application
This software is fully RISC-OS compatible, and is
multi-tasking. It can be run from the desktop in
all the standard ways.
Double clicking on the !ChartDraw icon in a
directory viewer will install its icon on the icon
bar.
The application can also be started by double
clicking on a ChartDraw file. In this case,
besides the icon appearing on the icon bar, the
edit window will be opened with the contents of
the data file displayed, for further editing if
necessary. A data file may also be dragged, either
into the edit window, or to the iconbar icon. The
data will be loaded, overwriting any data that had
previously been entered.
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The Iconbar Menu
Clicking with MENU on the icon offers the
following options:
Info
The standard information box, with version
number. This is the number that should be quoted
in any communication regarding the application.
Help
Opens this help window
Choices...
Selecting this brings up a dialogue box that
allows a range of options to be changed, and these
changes may be made permanent so that they become
the new defaults when the application is
subsequently started. The options affect the way
the charts are displayed and printed.
The choices should be self explanatory. The font
names and sizes can be changed. To change the
font, simply click on the menu button to the right
of the font name field, when a menu will open with
all the installed fonts shown, from which a choice
can be made. Clicking on the menu button to the
right of the font size field will raise a menu to
choose the new size.
The type of line (dashed or continuous) used for
producing a graph grid for the graph may be
chosen.
You may also choose whether to use colour when
plotting, and how long labels are displayed.
The changes will not come into operation until
the Set button is pressed. If the cancel button
is pressed, the dialogue box is removed from the
screen, and the original defaults remain in
effect. The selection can be made the new default
by clicking on the save icon. When saving
defaults, the settings will be made for the
current session. Note that the default file is
saved within the !ChartDraw application,
therefore, if the application is being run from a
floppy disc, the filer may request the disc
containing the !ChartDraw application to be
inserted in the disc drive.
Quit
Terminates the ChartDraw application. ChartDraw
offers the chance to save any modified data before
quitting.
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Entering Data
Clicking SELECT on the ChartDraw iconbar icon
will open an empty edit window, in which you may
enter and edit the data for display.
More extensive help is available from the edit
window menu.
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Further Help
Help windows similar to this one can also be
accessed from the data editing window, and the
chart window, with appropriate help and
information for the particular context.
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