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Needs update! 36DEDR: reviewed 37YJ: checked new bits</lastedited> 38</history> 39</meta> 40<body> 41<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153910"><bookmark_value>charts; inserting</bookmark_value> 42<bookmark_value>plotting data as charts</bookmark_value> 43<bookmark_value>inserting; charts</bookmark_value> 44<bookmark_value>spreadsheets; inserting charts</bookmark_value> 45<bookmark_value>charts; editing data</bookmark_value> 46<bookmark_value>editing; chart data</bookmark_value> 47</bookmark><comment>moved many index entries to new schart/01 files</comment> 48<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153910" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="34"><variable id="chart_insert"><link href="text/shared/guide/chart_insert.xhp" name="Inserting Charts">Inserting Charts</link> 49</variable></paragraph> 50<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3139133" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Different methods exist to start a chart:</paragraph> 51<list type="unordered"> 52<listitem> 53<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id6772972" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Insert a chart based on data from cells in Calc or Writer.</paragraph> 54<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id6049684" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">These charts update automatically when the source data changes.<comment>currently only in Calc. Writer: bug?</comment></paragraph> 55</listitem> 56<listitem> 57<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id2356944" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Insert a chart with a default data set, and then use the Data Table dialog to enter your own data for that chart.</paragraph> 58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id866115" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">These charts can be created in Writer, Impress and Draw. <comment>is this "not in Calc" a bug or a design philosophy thing?</comment></paragraph> 59</listitem> 60<listitem> 61<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146763" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Copy a chart from Calc or Writer into another document.</paragraph> 62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id701315" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">These charts are snapshots of the data at the time of copying. They do not change when the source data changes.</paragraph> 63</listitem> 64</list> 65<paragraph role="note" id="par_id4439832" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In Calc, a chart is an object on a sheet, it cannot be a sheet of its own.</paragraph> 66<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id719931" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Chart in a Calc spreadsheet</paragraph> 67<list type="ordered"> 68<listitem> 69<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150275" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="4">Click inside the cell range that you want to present in your chart.</paragraph> 70</listitem> 71<listitem> 72<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7211218" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">Click the <emph>Insert Chart</emph> icon on the <emph>Standard</emph> toolbar.</paragraph> 73<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7549363" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You see a chart preview and the Chart Wizard.</paragraph> 74</listitem> 75<listitem> 76<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id9091769" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Follow the instructions in the <link href="text/schart/01/wiz_chart_type.xhp">Chart Wizard</link> to create the chart. </paragraph> 77</listitem> 78</list> 79<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3761406" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Chart in a Writer text document</paragraph> 80<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155066" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">In a Writer document, you can insert a chart based on the values in a Writer table. </paragraph> 81<list type="ordered"> 82<listitem> 83<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id428479" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click inside the Writer table. </paragraph> 84</listitem> 85<listitem> 86<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id7236243" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Insert - Object - Chart</emph>.</paragraph> 87<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id6171452" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You see a chart preview and the Chart Wizard.<comment>no live preview - is this a bug?</comment></paragraph> 88</listitem> 89<listitem> 90<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145419" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="7">Follow the instructions in the <link href="text/schart/01/wiz_chart_type.xhp">Chart Wizard</link> to create the chart. </paragraph> 91</listitem> 92</list> 93<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id6436658" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Chart based on values of its own</paragraph> 94<list type="unordered"> 95<listitem> 96<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id6944792" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">In Writer, if you have not selected any cells, choose <emph>Insert - Object - Chart</emph> to insert a chart with default data. In Draw or Impress, choose <emph>Insert - Chart</emph> to insert a chart based on default data.<comment>it is intended to unify this command position</comment></paragraph> 97</listitem> 98<listitem> 99<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3152960" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="29">You can change the default data values by double-clicking on the chart and then choosing <link href="text/schart/01/03010000.xhp" name="View - Chart Data Table"><emph>View - Chart Data Table</emph></link>.</paragraph> 100</listitem> 101</list> 102<section id="relatedtopics"> 103<embed href="text/schart/01/wiz_chart_type.xhp#wiz_chart_type"/> 104<embed href="text/schart/01/wiz_data_range.xhp#wiz_data_range"/> 105<embed href="text/schart/01/wiz_data_series.xhp#wiz_data_series"/> 106<embed href="text/schart/01/wiz_chart_elements.xhp#wiz_chart_elements"/> 107<embed href="text/shared/guide/chart_axis.xhp#chart_axis"/> 108<embed href="text/shared/guide/chart_legend.xhp#chart_legend"/> 109<embed href="text/shared/guide/chart_title.xhp#chart_title"/> 110<embed href="text/shared/guide/chart_barformat.xhp#chart_barformat"/> 111</section> 112</body> 113</helpdocument> 114