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Q. When I try to animate a series of objects, the last
object doesn't stay on the screen. How do I get an
object to stay on the screen rather than disappearing?
A. Animation effects can be toggled on and off. To have no
effect occur as the object is either drawn or erased,
click on the current selected effect so none of the
effects are chosen.
Q. When I use the palette 12HDW.PL3, my output colors do not
match what is seen on the screen. Why is this?
A. Each of the hardware palettes (those with HDW in their
file name) contain colors which were achieved by
modifying the 16 hardware colors Harvard Graphics 3.0
uses. The hardware modified palettes are not designed
for screen display only, not output. Because the
hardware colors have been modified, the output will not
match what you see on the screen.
Q. Is there some way to add multiple charts to a
presentation at one time?
A. Yes. Display a list of files in the Edit Presentation
screen by pressing CTRL-INS (or choosing F7-Add/Edit, Add
File-1 from the pull-down menu). Then use F5 to mark the
files you wish to bring in to your presentation. The
files will be brought into the presentation in directory
order. To change their order after they've been added,
use CTRL-Up arrow and CTRL-Down arrow.
Q. I have charts that I wish to use in my Harvard Graphics
version 2 Screenshow without converting them back to the
.CHT format. Is there some way I can show the improved
charts within the older program?
A. Export the charts as PCX bitmap files within Harvard
Graphics 3.0. If the Export for Screenshow option is
set to Yes, the resulting PCX files will be in the
appropriate format for a Harvard Graphics version 2
Screenshow. Be sure to export the PCX files to the
correct directory where your Harvard Graphics version 2
presentation will reside; unlike Harvard Graphics 3.0,
Harvard Graphics version 2 does not have the capability
to reference files outside the current directory.
For best results, change the chart's proportions to IBM
Monitor prior to exporting the chart. This will ensure
that the chart fills the entire screen when brought in to
Harvard Graphics version 2.
Q. In Harvard Graphics version 2, I could set single or
double borders around my charts. How do I get such a
border in Harvard Graphics 3.0?
A. In Harvard Graphics 3.0, three "background" charts are
provided to add a frame similar to that used in Harvard
Graphics version 2. FRAME0.CH3 displays a chart as if it
had the border style of None in Harvard Graphics version
2, FRAME1.CH3 displays a chart with a single border as it
did in Harvard Graphics version 2, and FRAME2.CH3
displays a chart as if it had a double border.
To apply one of these frames to your current chart,
choose F8-Options from the data editing screen or within
Draw; then select the Appearance option. Move to the
Background Drawing: field and enter FRAME0.CH3,
FRAME1.CH3, or FRAME2.CH3 as the chart's background
drawing.
Q. How do I move or resize an object within Draw?
A. First select the object by moving the cursor on to that
object and clicking the left mouse button. After the
object is selected, eight small squares called handles
will appear around it.
To move the object, hold down the left mouse button. As
you do so, the arrow-shaped cursor will change to a four-
pointed arrow, and the object will move around the screen
as the mouse moves.
To resize an object after it's been selected, move the
mouse cursor on top of one of the eight handles. The
arrow-shaped cursor will change to a double-tipped arrow.
Click and hold down the left mouse button while moving
the mouse; the object will be resized as the mouse moves.
More information on using the mouse in Draw can be found
on page 14-4 of your Harvard Graphics 3.0 User's Manual.
Q. How do I move or resize an object within Draw if I don't
have a mouse?
A. First select the object by moving the cursor onto that
object and pressing ENTER. After the object is selected,
eight small squares called handles will appear around it.
To move the object, press the space bar. As you do so,
the arrow-shaped cursor will change to a four-pointed
arrow, and the object will move around the screen as you
use your arrow keys to move the cursor.
To resize an object after it's been selected, move the
cursor on top of one of the eight handles and press the
space bar. The arrow-shaped cursor will change to a
double-tipped arrow. As you use the arrow keys to move
the cursor, the object will be resized. When the object
has been resized the way you want it to be, press ENTER.
More information on using the keyboard in Draw can be
found on page 14-4 of your Harvard Graphics 3.0 User's
Manual.
Q. How do I get charts to output and display the same size
as they were in Harvard Graphics version 2?
A. To get chart output the same way as it was in version 2
of Harvard Graphics, use one of the three background
charts provided in the \HG3\DATA subdirectory. If you
want a border around the chart use the FRAME1.CH3 or
FRAME2.CH3 background charts. If you want the output to
be the same size as in version 2 but with no border, use
the FRAME0.CH3 background chart.
To assign a background drawing, select F8-Options, select
Appearance and type in or select a file for the
Background Drawing option. More information on using
background charts can be found starting on page 20-15 of
your Harvard Graphics 3.0 User's Manual.
Q. How do I create a multiple chart in Harvard Graphics 3.0?
A. Add the additional charts to your current chart as
subcharts. Subcharts are explained starting on page 20-
13 of your Harvard Graphics 3.0 User's Manual.
Q. How do I create a freeform text chart in Harvard Graphics
3.0?
A. There are three different ways to create a "freeform"
chart, depending upon the type of data you're going to
use. If you're going to create a series of columns and
rows of data, use a table chart instead. If you want to
create a paragraph of text, use a bullet chart and set
the bullet style to none. If you have multiple groups of
text and wish the greatest amount of control of the
placement of your text, create a Draw file and use the
text tool in Draw to add and manipulate your text.
Q. How do I change the format of my Y-axis data so that the
number I entered is displayed as I entered it rather than
being rounded?
A. Choose F8-Options, Axis Options. Under the Y1 Scale
Factor option, enter the number one. This will force the
program to display the values as you entered them without
performing the automatic scaling it normally uses.
Q. How do I create a horizontal XY chart?
A. Enter the data you wish for your XY chart. Select F8-
Options, Style options. At the Style options screen,
move to the Chart Style option and set the type of chart
you want to use - either 2D or 3D. Then move to the 2D
Style or 3D style option and set this option to
Horizontal.
Q. How do I remove the line which appears by default under
the title/subtitle chart region?
A. Choose F8-Options. Select Appearance options. Under
Titles Region Frame Style, change the option from Line to
None. If you wish to make this change permanent for your
chart type, save it as one of the default chart templates
as explained on page 1 2-7 of your User's Manual.
Q. How do I remove the axis frame fill color? I want it to
be the same color as the background of my chart.
A. Choose F8-Options. Select Axis Frame. Move to the Frame
Fill Color and select Background as your frame fill
color. If you wish to completely remove any background
so that a gradient background will show through the
chart, you should save the chart as a symbol, then get
the saved symbol in a new Draw chart, ungroup it, and
delete the axis frame background.
Q. How does the background drawing affect the current
foreground drawing?
A. When you press F2 to display a chart, the current chart
is displayed against the background chart you've
specified under F8-Options Appearance options. If that
background chart contains a canvas, or restricted area,
then the current chart will display only in the space
that the canvas allows. The background chart can affect
the placement and size of the current chart. The current
chart's colors and other settings are used to display the
current chart against the background chart.
Q. Is there a quick way to display all the Draw icons
without their associated descriptions?
A. Press the HOME key, or click on the bar-shaped icon at
the bottom of the column of icons.
Q. Why does my output come out with the colors reversed from
what I see on screen?
A. By default the program will reverse black and white on
all printers. If you wish to change this, go into Setup
for the device you're using (Printer 1 or Printer 2),
then press F8-Options and change Reverse Black & White to
NO.
Q. How do I get Harvard Graphics to recognize the mouse
under Windows? I have the Windows mouse driver loaded,
but I get the error message "Unable to locate mouse
driver" when I start HG3.
A. Windows 3.0 uses its own internal mouse driver which
cannot be used by non-Windows applications. You must
load the separate mouse driver that came with your mouse
(typically MOUSE.COM or MOUSE.SYS) to allow DOS-based
applications like Harvard Graphics to use a mouse when
running under Windows.
Q. How do I remove a chart or symbol from a directory? You
no longer have the remove file option available under the
File menu.
A. Use the Applications menu to exit to DOS. Then delete
the file you wish to delete using the DOS command ERASE.
For more help with this command, please consult your DOS
manual.
Q. How do I import data from my Lotus 1-2-3 version 3
worksheet?
A. Harvard Graphics 3.0 doesn't read this file format
directly. You must first save the file as a WK1 file so
Harvard Graphics can read the file.
Q. How do I import data from my Excel version 3 worksheet?
A. Harvard Graphics 3.0 doesn't read this file format
directly. You must first save the file as a WK1 file so
Harvard Graphics can read the file. Harvard Graphics
will not be able to read an Excel 3.0 file saved as an
Excel 2.1 file due to changes in the Excel file format -
the file must be saved as a Lotus WK1 file for Harvard
Graphics 3.0 to be able to read it correctly.
Q. My plotter connected to COM1: is plotting the first part
of my chart correctly, but after about a third of the
chart is output it starts getting mixed up and incorrect
output is occurring. What can I do to correct this?
A. Choose Setup, Plotter. At the Plotter Setup Menu screen,
select F4-Serial port to change the serial port settings.
Change the default protocol from Hardwired to Xon/Xoff.
Q. Why can't I see the selection box outline in Draw when I
use the MONOCHRW.PL3 chart palette?
A. If the second color tile in the current chart palette is
black, the draw selector lines which allow the user to
see the outline of the image being drawn in Draw will be
invisible. This is most clearly shown when using the
MONOCHRW.PL3 palette file shipped with HG 3.0.
In order to see the selector box lines, you should modify
the palette so the second color tile (Subtitle 1) is dark
gray (333,333,333) rather than black (0,0,0). Please
consult chapter 13 of the User's Manual for information
on changing your color palette.
Q. Why does the chart output appear cut off when I output to
my film recorder?
A. You haven't set your chart's proportions to match the
proportions used by your output device. Film recorders
will normally output to 35 mm chart proportions, while
the default chart proportions used within Harvard
Graphics 3.0 are optimized for A-size paper (8-1/2" x
11"). Change your chart proportions, choose F8-Options,
then choose Appearance. Select the new Chart Proportions
to match the film size you're using. If you wish to make
all new charts default to this chart proportion, choose
Setup, then choose Chart Default Settings and change the
chart proportions to match the film size you're using.
Q. I've changed the way the charts appear now and want to
save my changes for use in future charts. How do I do
so?
A. Save your chart as a default template for the chart type.
A full listing of the default chart template names is
found on page 12-7 of the User's Manual.
TIP: When retrieving a file, you can type the path and
the filename on the file name line of your directory
box. After you've reached the end of the filename,
press the space bar one time and the remaining text
that was previously on that line will be ignored.
Harvard Graphics 3.0 will use only the text that
you've typed as the path and/or filename.