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With several lines of data, it is often necessary to
distinguish what each set represents. The use of a
legend will provide this information.
To display legends:
- Select General... from the graph window Options menu.
NExS displays the General Options dialog box.
- Click on the selection button labeled Legend.
- Click OK to confirm your choice and dismiss the
dialog box. NExS redraws the graph and displays a
legend to the right of the data area.
Now you can label the data sets in the legend with
meaningful text strings.
Figure 13.5: Data Set 1 Dialog Box
To label the items in a legend:
- Select General from the graph window Edit menu.
NExS displays the Graph Options dialog box as shown in
Figure 12.6.
- Click on the Legend toggle button to turn on legend
drawing. Click OK to dismiss the Graph Options dialog.
- Select Data Sets from the graph window Edit menu.
NExS displays a dialog box for Data Set 1 as shown in
Figure 13.5.
- In the Legend entry box, enter Data 1.
- Click Data Set slider to display a dialog box for
Data Set 2.
- In the Legend entry box, enter Data 2.
- Click OK to confirm your choices and dismiss the
dialog box. NExS redraws the graph with a legend and
legend text labels as shown in
Figure 2-6.
Figure 13.6: Multiline Graph 2
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NExS User's Guide, Version 1.4.5
Grey Trout Software
11 April 1999