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12.2.9 Edit Menu

The Edit menu of the Graph Edit window consists of the following options:

Data Sets...

     

The Data Set Options dialog box allows you to specify what ranges contain the data used in the graph and how you wish that data to be displayed. The Data Set Options dialog box includes the following sections:

To modify the Data Set Options for a graph:

  1. Select Data Sets... from the graph window Edit menu. NExS displays the Data Set Options dialog box as shown in Figure 12.4.

  2. The Data Set slider bar is used to specify which set of data on the graph you wish to modify. For example, each line on a line graph is a separate set of data.

  3. The Data Ranges section contains nine entry boxes that allow you to specify the range of cells that contain the data to be plotted. If you create a graph from a selected block of cells, NExS automatically fills these entry boxes with the appropriate data ranges.

     

  4. In the Segment Type entry, select whether points in this data set are connected by Lines, Splines, or Bars. Line segments connect the data points with straight lines; splines with smooth line segments (cubic splines); bars, with traditional bar charts.

     

  5. In the Line Style option, select the type of line to be used with this data set. Use No Line to produce X-Y or scatter plots of the data. The line types include solid ones and various combinations of dots and dashes.

      The Line Width option determines the thickness of the line used for this set of data. The Line Color option lets you select the color to be used when drawing the line and markers for this data.

     

  6. In the Marker area, select the style of marker use to denote the data points. This option applies to Line, Scatter, Hi Lo, and Polar graphs. NExS ignores this setting when creating other types of graphs. Select None to suppress displaying the actual data points. This produces a plot with just the line.

         

  7. The Fill Style and Fill Color options determine the type of shading, if any, that is drawn between the line and the X axis. Fill Color is also used to determine the color of the bars in a bar chart.

       

  8. The Shading option determines the representation of surface plots, contour plots, and bar charts. None applies no shading to the Graph. Directed Light applies shading that gives the appearance that the surface is lit from a single light source.

      Z Height shades the surface based on the values of the Z data, where minimum values are purple and maximum values are red. The height of each surface section is defined as the average of the Z values of its vertices.

       

  9. The Histogram indicator determines whether the actual data points are plotted directly or whether a plot is made of the frequency distribution of the data.

       

  10. In the Legend Text entry box type in a label for the data plotted with the line. If Legends is selected in the Graph Options dialog, then the Legend Text will appear to the right of the graph legend for this data set.

    Options are provided for setting the font, size, style and color of the legend text. In addition, the legend can be forced to multiple lines by embedding the new line indicator (\n) wherever you want to breakup the line.

  11. Click OK to confirm your choices, dismiss the dialog box, and redraw the graph. Click Apply to confirm your choices, keep the dialog box open, and redraw the graph. Click Cancel to dismiss the dialog box.

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Figure 12.4: Data Set Options Dialog Box


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NExS User's Guide, Version 1.4.5
Grey Trout Software
11 April 1999