How to use charts in OpenOffice.org Document?

by rollingcaker On April 2, 2009 | Miscellaneous | Hits: 68

Software you need: OpenOffice.org

OpenOffice.org lets you present data graphically in a chart, so that you can visually compare data series and view trends in the data. You can insert charts into spreadsheets, text documents, drawings, and presentations.

Chart Data

Charts can be based on the following data:

- Spreadsheet values from Calc cell ranges

- Cell values from a Writer table

- Values that you enter in the Chart Data Table dialog (you can create these charts in Writer, Draw, or Impress, and you can copy and paste them also to Calc)

To insert a chart

Different methods exist to start a chart:

- Insert a chart based on data from cells in Calc or Writer.

These charts update automatically when the source data changes.

- Insert a chart with a default data set, and then use the Data Table dialog to enter your own data for that chart.

These charts can be created in Writer, Impress and Draw.

- Copy a chart from Calc or Writer into another document.

These charts are snapshots of the data at the time of copying. They do not change when the source data changes.

To edit a chart

Click a chart to edit the chart object properties:

size and position on the current page

alignment, text wrap, outer borders, and more

Double-click a chart to enter the chart edit mode:

chart data values (for charts with own data)

chart type, axes, titles, walls, grid, and more

Double-click a chart element in chart edit mode:

double-click an axis to edit the scale, type, color, and more

double-click a data point, or a data series in the legend, to edit the graphical values of the data series

with a data series selected, double-click a single data point to edit the properties of this data point (for example, a single bar in a bar chart)

double-click any other chart element, or click the element and open the Format menu, to edit the properties

Click outside the chart to leave the current edit mode.

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