/text/shared/guide/chart_insert.xhp Sun Microsystems, Inc. FPE: Removed screenshots. Cleaned a bit. Needs update! DEDR: reviewed YJ: checked new bits charts; inserting plotting data as charts inserting; charts spreadsheets; inserting charts charts; editing data editing; chart data exchanging chart axes data; putting in columns/rows (charts) ordering; data series data series order in charts values; changing in charts numbers; changing in a chart charts; selecting and changing types 2D charts selection types of charts line charts combination charts bar charts charts; variants 3D charts;inserting selecting;XY charts error indicators in charts error bars in charts logarithmic axes in charts averages in charts showing; statistics in a 2D chart variances in charts standard deviation in charts regression curves in charts trend lines in charts Inserting Charts Open a spreadsheet and enter some data with row and column headings. Select the cells that contain the data that you want to present in your chart. Click the Insert Chart icon on the Standard toolbar. The mouse pointer changes to a cross-hair symbol with a small chart symbol. Click in the spreadsheet and drag open a rectangle where you want to display the chart. Follow the instructions in the dialog that opens to create the chart. If you want to exchange the horizontal and the vertical axes of a chart, double-click the chart, and then click Data in Columns or Data in Rows icon on the Formatting bar. Suppose you placed the chart in your $[officename] Calc spreadsheet in the background, and now you are wondering how to select it for further editing. Open the Drawing toolbar and click the Select arrow Icon . Now you can click on the chart to select it. In a Calc chart, you can move a data series forward or backward. You can arrange the series in such a way that the lowest 3D bars are placed in the foreground and the higher ones in the background. To change the arrangement in the chart, use a command in the context menu of a data series or choose Format - Arrangement. The corresponding cell ranges in the $[officename] Calc spreadsheet will not be rearranged. In $[officename] Writer documents, you can insert a chart obtained from the data of a Writer table. If you have not selected any data in a Writer table, choosing Insert - Object - Chart inserts a chart containing sample data. You can change the sample data values by double-clicking on the chart and then choosing Edit - Chart Data. If you want to change the values of a chart obtained from selected cells, you have to change the values in the table cells. An easy method to change the numbers in a chart is drag-and-drop: select any table cell range, then drag and drop them at the chart. The chart updates with the new values. Modification of chart data is also possible if you, for example, have copied a chart from a Calc document into a Writer document and now double-click the chart in the $[officename] Writer document. Remember, however, you are only editing the copy and not the original document. You can change the type of chart any time. When you double-click on the chart and choose Format - Chart Type, a dialog appears, presenting you with various types to choose from. Try out the different options in the Chart Type dialog. You can also switch between 2D and 3D representation. With the Columns chart type you can select a Combination Chart of lines and columns. 3D charts can be rotated and tilted with the mouse for an optimal point of view. In Line Charts you can use the data series symbols that are applied automatically by $[officename] Chart. You can also select symbols yourself from graphic files or from the Gallery.

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