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- %OP%VS4.1283 (06-Apr-92), Colton Software, R4000 2029 4983 8986
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- Average rainfall was @B17@
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- Average:
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- This file gives an exercise in creating
- charts in PipeDream version 4.12 or
- later. It is best done in a wide screen
- mode. Try selecting mode 16 from the
- mode entry on the palette icon at the
- bottom-right of the screen.
-
-
- 1. Making a chart
-
- To create a chart for this data mark a
- block from A1 to D13 and select New
- Chart from the Charts menu.
-
- 2. Try changing the figures in the
- spreadsheet to see the chart update
- dynamically.
-
- 3. Different chart types
-
- Investigate different chart types by
- clicking on icons in the galleries in
- the Chart window menu. For the time
- being, don't click on the penguins;
- there are too many numbers in this file
- to give sensible penguin graphics.
-
- 4. Making selections.
-
- Making selections and applying styles to
- them is the way you can specify exactly
- how the chart should look. This is a
- very important part of PipeDream's
- charts and it is worth spending a little
- time to understand it thoroughly.
-
- First, to make a selection of something
- in the chart, point at it and press the
- left button on the mouse. You should
- see a dotted line around your selection
- and the name of your selection will
- appear in the top left of the Chart
- window. Try clicking at different
- places in the chart to see what you can
- select. Also, try clicking in the
- information box at the top left of the
- window. This will select the next
- element in the chart.
-
- In a bar or line chart, try changing the
- colour of Series 1 in the chart by
- selecting it and using Fill Colour on
- the Selection menu.
-
- 5. Try adding your own labels to the
- chart by using the New Text option.
- You can move a label around by selecting
- it and dragging it across the chart.
- Keep it selected and change its style by
- selecting the Font Selector from
- Text Style...
-
- Try adding a live label. Mark slot A15
- (make sure you mark just the slot and
- not the whole row) containing the text
- "Average rainfall was..." and select Add
- to chart from the PipeDream Chart menu.
- This will add the label to the chart.
- Change one of the values and see the
- label change on the chart.
-
- 6. Try adding a backdrop to the chart.
- Select the plot area and drag in the
- file BackDrop from the Worldcup
- directory on this disc. BackDrop is an
- ordinary draw file; you can create your
- backdrops with any drawing or painting
- package which saves draw or sprite
- files.
-
- 7. Try dragging the legend box around.
- The legend box will probably appear at
- the right-hand side of the chart to
- start with.
-
- 8. Try changing the font size of the
- axis labels. Click on the axis labels
- to select the axis and change the font
- in the Text style selector of the
- Selection menu.
-
- 9. Try switching grid lines on and off.
- Grid lines are attributes of the
- vertical and horizontal axes. To switch
- horizontal grid lines on, these are
- lines running from left to right, you
- will need to select Axis 2, the vertical
- axis. Do this by clicking on one of the
- numbers up the side of the chart. Then
- bring up the axis dialogue box by
- clicking on Axis in the Selection
- sub-menu.
-
- On the right of the axis dialogue box
- you will see a box called Major tick
- interval. In this box is a switch
- called Grid lines. Click on this to
- switch it on or off and then click on OK
- to redraw the chart.
-
- 10. Try changing the sizes of different
- parts of the chart in the Options box
- from the main chart menu. To make way
- for a larger title you might increase
- the top margin. To give a little more
- room for labels across the bottom axis
- you might increase the width of the
- chart.
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