GraphMate was released in March 1996.

Overview

GraphMate 3 is a graphing application which works in quite a different way to existing graph packages on RISC-OS. GraphMate offers an extensive range of presentation controls which no alternative can offer - albeit for a narrower range of graph types for the moment.

GraphMate is a frame-based editor, giving you complete compositional flexibility, with the convenience of templates to recall existing designs at the click of a button. Controls of text, colour etc. are consistent across the whole of the application - which means fewer and simpler menus and dialogues, greater ease of use and time savings.

GraphMate integrates closely with TableMate, to create a seamless environment for creating your graph. TableMate can be used simply to edit the data just as you would in a more traditional system, but it can also automatically generate supporting tables, which can be linked to your graph for future changes.

GraphMate gives you full control over text, shape and line styles, plus unequalled flexibility in the appearance of your keys, headings, labels and supporting text and graphics

Features

Interface

• Buttonbar; with direct access to all major controls
• Interactive help; to assist the first time or occasional user
• Acorn style guide compliant; an easier life for inexperienced users
• Impression-compatible keystrokes; easier change-over from the most popular Acorn DTP package

Chart types and features

• Bar & Line charts; 2d & 3d effects and/or axes, freely intermix bars & lines, horizontal or vertical, one or two scaled axes as you wish
• Pie charts; interactive explosion of segments, 2d and 3d, clockwise or anticlockwise ordering, starting angle control
• Cartesian graphs; user-definable mark shapes and sizes, simple point-and-click best line and/or spline fitting
• Stacked charts; Line or bar plots, 2d and 3d axes and/or effects
• All charts; can have scaled backdrops, reference lines, logarithmic or linear axes as appropriate

Presentation Features

• Text; freely positioned word-wrapping text at any point
• Text control; choose text font, size, colour, linespacing etc.
• Graphics; can be placed anywhere - resizable at will
• Key/Legend areas; user definable key shapes, automatic reformatting, plus spacing controls
• Background effects; for all frames, be they graphs, text, or whatever - graduated or plain, with tiled or scaled graphics logo as required

Convenience

• Input; load SID, CSV or TAB files, plus TableMate files - just drag and drop
• Output; save Draw files for 100's of applications, plus tiled printing for really large charts!
• Cut-and-paste editing; simple spreadsheet facilities to save you time and bother

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