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- A Guide to the
- Harvard Graphics Trial Size
-
- Contents
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- Getting the Best from the Creating a Text Chart ........... 8
- HG Trial Size .......... 1 Customizing a Text Chart ... 9
- Setting Up HG for Creating a Bar Chart ........... 10
- Your Computer .......... 3 Customizing a Bar Chart ... 11
- Using a Mouse ............. 4 Working with Annotations ....... 12
- Overview of Importing a Lotus Graph ........ 14
- HG Features ............. 5 Importing a Lotus Graph
- Getting a Trial Size Chart. 6 into a Template .............. 15
- Printing or Plotting Limitations of the Trial Size .. 17
- a Trial Size Chart ...... 7 For More Information ........... 19
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- To display this Guide: * Use PgDn/PgUp to view the next/previous
- page, or
- * Use Home to return to the Contents page, or
- * Type a page number and press Enter.
-
- To print this Guide: * Press F9.
-
- Getting the Best from the
- HG Trial Size
-
- To experience the simplicity and speed of creating professional-
- quality, high-impact graphics using Harvard Graphics (HG), follow these
- suggestions:
-
- * Print this Guide. A printed copy of this Guide lets you follow
- along with examples on your own computer. To print it on your
- default printer (LPT1:), just press F9 now.
-
- * View the Screenshow. We created all the charts in the Screenshow
- with HG. HG's Screenshow automatically displays each chart on
- your computer's screen in a complete desktop presentation. To
- view the Screenshow, return to the Trial Size menu and type SHOW.
-
- * Print or plot a sample chart. To see the exceptional quality of
- text and graphics you can get on your own output device, print or
- plot a sample chart from the Trial Size. You can't print or plot
- charts you create with the HG Trial Size, but the Trial Size
- contains several sample charts you can print or plot -- as long as
- you don't alter them in any way. (You can also record charts on a
- Polaroid Palette, PalettePlus, or PTI ImageMaker film recorder.)
- Page 1
- * Follow the examples in this Guide. They're short and simple, but
- they demonstrate the ease of creating two of the most commonly
- used charts and making enhancements to them, adjusting a chart's
- annotations, and importing a Lotus graph.
-
- * Use the on-screen Help. If you need help using one of HG's
- features, press F1. On-screen Help is available whenever you see
-
- F1-Help
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- in the lower left corner of the screen.
-
- * Experiment with your own words and data to create text or graph
- charts. Add your own custom touches by drawing or changing
- options. The area at the bottom of the HG screen indicates which
- features are available at every step of the way. Try a few or try
- them all.
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- * Display your charts often by pressing F2 after you make a change
- or addition. (When you display a chart you've created, the HG
- Trial Size places a banner across it. Of course, the
- full-featured version of HG doesn't.) Then, press any key to
- return to what you were doing.
- Page 2
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- Setting Up HG
- for Your Computer
-
- Before you begin exploring HG's features, make sure that your copy of
- the HG Trial Size is ready to work with your computer.
-
- 1. At the HG Main Menu, press 9 to select Setup.
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- 2. At the Setup menu, press the number for the device you want to set
- up. You'll probably only want to set up Printer 1 to use the Trial
- Size. If you own a plotter, select Plotter to choose from a list
- of the plotters HG supports. If you own a film recorder listed on
- Page 1, select Film Recorder.
-
- (On the Setup screens, press Tab and Shift-Tab to move between
- items. Press the space bar to change the setting for options, such
- as printer and plotter models.)
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- 3. Press F10 to confirm your changes.
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- 4. When you're finished, press Esc to return to the Main Menu.
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- Page 3
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- Using a mouse with HG
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- HG supports any mouse that's fully-compatible with the Microsoft Mouse.
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- To select from a menu Move to the menu item or option and click the
- or set an option left mouse button.
-
- To remove a Click the right mouse button.
- menu or screen
-
- To select a First click the left and right mouse buttons
- function key at the same time. You see a menu of function
- keys at the bottom of the screen. Highlight
- the function key label you want and click the
- left mouse button.
-
- To scroll through Move the cursor off the top or bottom of the
- options pages page.
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- Overview of HG Features
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- HG provides everything you need to produce attention-getting visuals
- for business presentations and reports on paper, overhead
- transparencies, 35mm slides, and your computer screen. HG saves you
- time and effort because of its
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- * Comprehensive selection of preformatted graphs and text charts.
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- * Built-in drawing features.
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- * Efficient production tools like templates and macros.
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- * Screenshow for dynamic desktop presentations on your computer.
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- * Automatic design options and symbol libraries to customize graphs
- and charts quickly.
-
- HG also reads Lotus 1-2-3 and Symphony graphs and data directly; reads
- ASCII and delimited ASCII files; exports charts for PFS:Professional
- Write; and exports charts as CGM Metafiles.
-
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- Getting a Trial Size Chart
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- 1. At the Main Menu, press 4 to select Get/Save/Remove.
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- 2. Press 1 to select Get Chart from the Get/Save/Remove menu.
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- 3. At the Select Chart screen, use the arrow keys to highlight a chart
- and press Enter.
-
- (If the Select Chart screen doesn't show the Trial Size charts,
- press Home, type the drive and directory -- such as c:\hgtrial --
- for the charts, and press Enter. Then, highlight a chart and press
- Enter to select it.)
-
- When HG displays the chart on your screen, press any key to go to the
- screen where you enter and edit the chart. Make any changes you like
- to the chart. However, if you modify the chart, the HG Trial Size won't
- let you print or plot it.
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- Printing or Plotting
- a Trial Size Chart
-
- Before following these instructions, make sure your copy of the HG
- Trial Size is ready to work with your printer or plotter. (See page 3
- of this Guide.) Then be sure that your printer or plotter is turned on
- and is on-line.
-
- 1. Get a sample chart from the Trial Size directory or disk following
- the instructions on page 6.
-
- 2. At the Main Menu, press 6 to select Produce Output.
-
- 3. Press 1 to select Printer or press 2 to select Plotter. (Press 3
- for Film Recorder to record a 35mm slide.)
-
- 4. At Print Chart Options or Plot Chart Options, use the space bar to
- change Quality to High. Press F10 to accept the other settings.
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- Printing or plotting starts unless you need to insert paper. Insert a
- sheet of paper and press Enter at the overlay to start printing or
- plotting.
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- Creating a Text Chart
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- Follow these steps to create a bullet list:
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- 1. At the Main Menu, press 1 to select Create New Chart.
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- 2. Press 1 to select Text at the Create New Chart menu.
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- 3. Press 3 to select Bullet List.
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- 4. At the Bullet List screen, type this title to appear at the top of
- the chart:
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- Use Bullet Lists to
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- 5. Press Enter three times. (HG automatically places the bullet for
- the first list item in the text area.) Type the following as the
- first item:
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- Introduce topics
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- 6. Press Enter twice and type the next two lines as list items:
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- List goals <press Enter twice>
- Summarize information
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- 7. Press F2 to display the chart now, then press any key to return to
- the Bullet List form.
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- Customizing a Text Chart
-
- You can add many custom touches to a text chart. For example, you
- can make the title larger: With the Bullet List form on the screen,
- press F7. (The cursor is in the Size option, to the left of the
- title.) Type a larger number (try 10 or 12) over the 8. Press F2 to
- display the chart, then any key to return to this form.
-
- Or try a different type style: To display the title in italics, press
- Home, then Shift-F5. To select Italic at the bottom of the screen,
- simply press Tab twice and the space bar once. Display the chart now
- (use F2) and return to this form by pressing any key. To return to the
- Main Menu, press F10.
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- Creating a Bar Chart
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- Follow these steps to create a bar chart from yearly data:
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- 1. At the Main Menu, press 1 to select Create New Chart.
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- 2. Press 3 to select Bar/Line from the Create New Chart menu.
-
- 3. We have monthly data, so use the space bar to highlight Month (on
- the top line). To have HG enter the months for us, press Tab and
- type:
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- Jan
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- Press Tab again and type the last month we have data for:
-
- Jun
-
- Press F10.
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- 4. Press Enter 3 times and Tab once so that the cursor is in the first
- line under Series 1. Type the following numbers; press Enter after
- each number to move the cursor down the column.
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- 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 2000
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- 5. Press F2 to display the chart, then press any key to return to the
- Bar/Line Chart Data form.
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- Customizing a Bar Chart
-
- To change a bar chart to a line chart, to enhance the appearance of a
- graph, to add titles for the axes or a legend for the series, press F8.
- You'll see the first of 4 pages containing a variety of enhancements
- for bar/line charts. Press F1 for on-screen Help about these options.
-
- For more options, press PgDn. To select an option on this page,
- highlight its current setting (use Tab) then change its setting with
- the space bar. Try creating a horizontal bar chart: At Page 2, press
- Tab to move to Horizontal Chart and select Yes. Display the chart (use
- F2) and press any key to return to this form. Press F10 to return to
- the Main Menu.
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- Working with Annotations
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- Follow these steps to move an annotation in an area chart:
-
- 1. Get the sample chart TSDOW.CHT from the Trial Size directory or
- disk following the instructions on page 6.
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- 2. Press any key to remove the chart from your screen. Then, press F10
- to go to the Main Menu.
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- 3. At the Main Menu, press 3 to select Draw/Annotate.
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- 4. At the Draw menu, press 2 to select Modify.
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- 5. At the Modify menu, press 1 to select Move.
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- 6. Use the arrow keys to move the crosshair target (+) to the
- Closing/2,284.80 callout at the top left of the graph. Press Enter
- to select the callout and then press Enter again to confirm your
- selection.
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- 7. Use the arrow keys (or mouse) to move the outline of the callout to
- the top right end of the area graph, so that the right edge of the
- outline is at the highest peak in the graph.
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- 8. Press Enter to place the callout.
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- 9. Now press F2 to display the chart.
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- 10. Press any key to return to the Draw/Annotate screen, then press Esc
- to go to the Main Menu.
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- Experiment with Draw/Annotate
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- From the Draw menu, select Add to add text, boxes, lines, circles, and
- polygons to a chart. To change options for the object you're adding,
- press F8. Select Modify to move objects, change their size, and change
- their appearance.
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- To move the crosshair target in larger increments, press the + key on
- the keypad. To move in smaller increments, press the - key on the
- keypad.
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- Importing a Lotus Graph
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- Follow these steps to import a graph directly from a Lotus worksheet:
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- 1. At the Main Menu, press 5 to select Import/Export.
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- 2. Press 1 to select Import Lotus Graph from the Import/Export menu.
-
- 3. At the Select Worksheet screen, use the arrow keys to highlight
- TSLOTUS.WK1 and press Enter.
-
- (If the Select Worksheet screen doesn't show TSLOTUS.WK1, press
- Home and type the drive and directory -- such as c:\hgtrial -- for
- the Trial Size files. Then press Enter and select TSLOTUS.WK1.)
-
- 4. At the Import Lotus Graph screen, highlight Lotus and press F10.
-
- (HG displays a close approximation of the original Lotus graph.
- Press any key to go to the Main Menu.)
-
- Now go to the next page to change the look of the Lotus graph when you
- import it.
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- Importing a Lotus Graph
- into a Template
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- Complete the steps on the previous page, then follow these steps to
- automatically change the look of the Lotus graph when you import it:
-
- 1. At the Main Menu, press 4 to select Get/Save/Remove.
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- 2. Press 3 to select Get Template from the Get/Save/Remove menu.
-
- 3. At the Select Template screen, use the arrow keys to highlight
- 3DBARS.TPL and press Enter.
-
- (If the Select Template screen doesn't show 3DBARS.TPL, press Home
- and type the drive and directory -- such as c:\hgtrial -- for the
- Trial Size files. Then press Enter and select 3DBARS.TPL.)
-
- 4. Press F10 at the Bar/Line Chart Data form.
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- 5. At the Main Menu, press 5 to select Import/Export.
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- 6. Press 1 to select Import Lotus Graph. HG displays the Import Lotus
- Graph screen.
-
- (If you didn't complete the steps on page 14, you see the Select
- Worksheet screen. Highlight TSLOTUS.WK1 and press Enter.)
-
- 7. Highlight Lotus and press Tab to move to Import Data Only. Use the
- space bar to select Yes and press F10.
-
- 8. HG displays the Lotus graph as a striking three-dimensional graph.
- Press any key to go to the Main Menu.
-
- To turn a bar chart into a three-dimensional graph, go to Page 2 of
- Bar/Line Chart Titles & Options: Select Overlap at Bar Style and select
- 3D at Bar Enhancement.
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- Limitations of the Trial Size
-
- Using the HG Trial Size, you can experience the simplicity and ease of
- creating professional-quality charts. Although you can use most of the
- features offered in the actual Harvard Graphics product, a few features
- are not available on the Trial Size:
-
- * Printing or plotting charts you create. You can print or plot any
- sample Trial Size chart (although you can't print or plot a sample
- chart if you've modified it). You can't print or plot any chart
- you create yourself. In addition, when you display your own
- charts on your computer screen, the HG Trial Size places a banner
- across the chart. (Of course, the full-featured version of HG
- doesn't do this.)
-
- * Saving charts and templates. You can't save any chart or template
- on disk with the HG Trial Size.
-
- * Importing ASCII and delimited ASCII files; getting Harvard
- Presentation Graphics charts; getting PFS:Professional Plan
- charts; getting PFS:GRAPH charts; exporting charts for
- PFS:Professional Write; and exporting charts as CGM Metafiles.
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- * Using devices supported through the Virtual Device Interface
- (VDI).
-
- * Creating organization charts.
-
- * Selecting fonts. You are limited to one font (Executive).
-
- * Using symbols. The HG Trial Size doesn't include symbols.
-
- * Using macros. The HG Trial Size doesn't include the MACRO program.
-
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- Tell a Friend
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- The HG Trial Size diskettes are not copy-protected. You're free to
- copy them as many times as you like to share HG with friends and
- associates.
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- For More Information
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- In the U.S. or Canada, for more information about Harvard Graphics
- or to buy the product, see your local software dealer. For the name
- of a dealer near you, contact Software Publishing Corporation at
- (415) 962-8910, ext. 595.
-
- For answers to your technical questions that aren't addressed by this
- Guide or the sales literature, call
-
- Software Publishing's Product Support at (415) 962-9564
- 7:30 am to 4:30 pm PST Monday through Friday, or write
-
- Software Publishing Corporation
- Attention: Product Support
- 1901 Landings Drive
- P.O. Box 7210
- Mountain View, CA 94039-7210 USA
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- In the U.K., call us in London at 01-839-2840 or write
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- Software Publishing Europe
- 85-87 Jermyn Street
- London, SW1Y6JD
- England
-
- If you live outside the U.S., Canada, or the U.K., and your dealer or
- distributor can't help you, write to us in the U.S. or send us a telex.
- Our U.S. telex number is 650-2281272.
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