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Needs update!</comment> 31</meta> 32<body> 33<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153910"> 34<bookmark_value>charts; inserting</bookmark_value> 35<bookmark_value>plotting data as charts</bookmark_value> 36<bookmark_value>inserting; charts</bookmark_value> 37<bookmark_value>spreadsheets; inserting charts</bookmark_value> 38<bookmark_value>charts; editing data</bookmark_value> 39<bookmark_value>editing; chart data</bookmark_value> 40</bookmark><comment>moved many index entries to new schart/01 files</comment> 41<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> 42</variable></paragraph> 43<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3139133" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Different methods exist to start a chart:</paragraph> 44<list type="unordered"> 45<listitem> 46<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> 47<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> 48</listitem> 49<listitem> 50<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> 51<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> 52</listitem> 53<listitem> 54<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146763" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Copy a chart from Calc or Writer into another document.</paragraph> 55<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> 56</listitem> 57</list> 58<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> 59<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id719931" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Chart in a Calc spreadsheet</paragraph> 60<list type="ordered"> 61<listitem> 62<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> 63</listitem> 64<listitem> 65<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> 66<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7549363" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You see a chart preview and the Chart Wizard.</paragraph> 67</listitem> 68<listitem> 69<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> 70</listitem> 71</list> 72<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3761406" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Chart in a Writer text document</paragraph> 73<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> 74<list type="ordered"> 75<listitem> 76<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id428479" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click inside the Writer table.</paragraph> 77</listitem> 78<listitem> 79<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id7236243" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Insert - Object - Chart</emph>.</paragraph> 80<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> 81</listitem> 82<listitem> 83<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> 84</listitem> 85</list> 86<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id6436658" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Chart based on values of its own</paragraph> 87<list type="unordered"> 88<listitem> 89<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> 90</listitem> 91<listitem> 92<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> 93</listitem> 94</list> 95<section id="relatedtopics"> 96<embed href="text/schart/01/wiz_chart_type.xhp#wiz_chart_type"/> 97<embed href="text/schart/01/wiz_data_range.xhp#wiz_data_range"/> 98<embed href="text/schart/01/wiz_data_series.xhp#wiz_data_series"/> 99<embed href="text/schart/01/wiz_chart_elements.xhp#wiz_chart_elements"/> 100<embed href="text/shared/guide/chart_axis.xhp#chart_axis"/> 101<embed href="text/shared/guide/chart_legend.xhp#chart_legend"/> 102<embed href="text/shared/guide/chart_title.xhp#chart_title"/> 103<embed href="text/shared/guide/chart_barformat.xhp#chart_barformat"/> 104</section> 105</body> 106</helpdocument> 107