<p style="">Open an existing spreadsheet or enter data in a new sheet with row and column headings.</p>
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<p style="">Select the data together with the titles.</p>
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<p style="">Long-click the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Insert Object</span> icon found in the Main toolbar to display the floating toolbar. Then click the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Insert Chart</span> icon and the cursor will change to a cross-hair symbol with a small chart symbol.</p>
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<p style="">In the spreadsheet document, open a selection rectangle defining the location and size of the chart. Both can be modified subsequently.</p>
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<p style="">As soon as you release the mouse button, a dialog appears in which you can make further entries. You can also simply click the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Create</span> button to create a chart with the default settings.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">This example shows the number of times people of different age groups in various cities go to the movie theater annually.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If you would rather put the age groups than the towns on the horizontal axis, you can "tilt" the chart subsequently: As long as the chart remains selected, the main toolbar contains a <span style="font-weight:bold;">Data in Columns</span> icon. Click on it.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">You are free to make other changes to the individual elements of the chart. You can either double-click on the individual parts of the chart or, with the chart selected, choose the individual functions from the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Format</span> menu. For example, if you double-click on the color preview in the legend, you can automatically reformat all relevant data points. On the other hand, if you click on the background in the box of the legend, you just format the background to the legend.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If you created the chart from the data of a OpenOffice.org Calc spreadsheet, the data series which you click on in the chart are highlighted.</p>
<help:key-word value="charts; marking" tag="kw68403_18"/>Suppose you placed the chart in your OpenOffice.org Calc spreadsheet in the background, and now you are wondering how to select it for further editing. Open the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Show Draw Functions</span> floating toolbar and choose the first tool, the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Select</span> arrow. This allows you to click on the chart.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph">In a OpenOffice.org Calc chart, you can shift a data series to the front or to the back.The series can be ordered in such a way so that the lowest 3D presentation is positioned at the very front, and the highest at the very back. To change the arrangement in the chart, you can use the context menu of a data series or under the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Format - Arrange</span> menu command. The original data in the OpenOffice.org Calc spreadsheet will, however, not be rearranged. It is clear that after this rearrangement, the exchange of data from columns to rows is no longer possible.</p>
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<help:key-word value="charts; changing values in" tag="kw68403_16"/>When you insert a chart in a presentation or drawing document with the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Insert - Insert Chart</span> floating toolbar, it is displayed with a set of sample data. If you want to insert a chart in a spreadsheet, you have to select the cells in the spreadsheet whose values should be displayed in the chart.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">In OpenOffice.org Writer documents too, you can insert a chart obtained from the data of a OpenOffice.org Writer spreadsheet. If you have not selected any data in a OpenOffice.org Writer spreadsheet, choosing <span style="font-weight:bold;">Insert - Object - Chart </span>inserts a chart containing sample data in OpenOffice.org Writer as well.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">You can change the values in a chart containing sample data by double-clicking on the chart and then choosing <help:link Id="66991">
</help:link>. If you want to change the values of a chart obtained from selected data, you have to alter the values in the cells of the table. If the chart is in a text document, press (F9) to update the chart.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Modification of chart data is also possible if you, for example, have copied a chart from a OpenOffice.org Calc document into a OpenOffice.org Writer document and now double-click the chart in the OpenOffice.org Writer document. Remember, however, you are only editing the copy and not the original document.</p>
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<help:key-word value="charts; selecting types of" tag="kw68403_15"/>You can change the type of chart subsequently. When you double-click on the chart and choose <span style="font-weight:bold;">Format - Chart Type</span>, a dialog appears, presenting you with various types to choose from.</p>
<help:key-word value="Bar Chart" tag="kw68403_13"/>Try out the different options in the Chart Type dialog. You can also switch between 2D and 3D representation. With the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Columns</span> chart type you can select a <span style="font-weight:bold;">Combination Chart</span> of lines and columns.</p>
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<help:key-word value="3D charts" tag="kw68403_12"/>The three-dimensional representations make special effects possible. In 3D charts, you can even adjust the illumination settings, such as <help:key-word value="light source" tag="kw68403_1"/>light source, <help:key-word value="ambient light" tag="kw68403_3"/>ambient light and the <help:key-word value="color filter" tag="kw68403_2"/>color filter.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">3D charts can be rotated and flipped with the mouse for optimal design.</p>
<help:key-word value="logarithmic representations; charts" tag="kw68403_5"/>By choosing <span style="font-weight:bold;">Insert - Statistics</span>, you can apply statistical indicators to XY charts, such as standard deviations, with regression curves and more besides. A single or double logarithmic representation of the axes can also be set here.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">In line charts you can work with various icons. These can be applied automatically by OpenOffice.org Chart if desired. You can also select them yourself from graphic files or from the Gallery.</p>
