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26cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textsharedguidechart_insertxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
27cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Inserting Charts</title>
28cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/shared/guide/chart_insert.xhp</filename>
29cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic>
302126bbb2Smseidel<comment>Removed screenshots. Cleaned a bit. Needs update!</comment>
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3382a98929Smseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153910">
3482a98929Smseidel<bookmark_value>charts; inserting</bookmark_value>
35cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>plotting data as charts</bookmark_value>
36cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>inserting; charts</bookmark_value>
37cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>spreadsheets; inserting charts</bookmark_value>
38cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>charts; editing data</bookmark_value>
39cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>editing; chart data</bookmark_value>
40cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark><comment>moved many index entries to new schart/01 files</comment>
41*b65cd59aSmseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153910" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U"><variable id="chart_insert"><link href="text/shared/guide/chart_insert.xhp" name="Inserting Charts">Inserting Charts</link>
42cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph>
43cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3139133" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Different methods exist to start a chart:</paragraph>
44cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="unordered">
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46cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
47cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
48cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
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50cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
51cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
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53cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
54cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146763" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Copy a chart from Calc or Writer into another document.</paragraph>
55cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
56cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
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58cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
59cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id719931" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Chart in a Calc spreadsheet</paragraph>
60cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered">
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62*b65cd59aSmseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150275" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">Click inside the cell range that you want to present in your chart.</paragraph>
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64cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
65cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
66cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7549363" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You see a chart preview and the Chart Wizard.</paragraph>
67cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
68cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
69cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
70cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
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72cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3761406" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Chart in a Writer text document</paragraph>
73*b65cd59aSmseidel<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155066" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">In a Writer document, you can insert a chart based on the values in a Writer table.</paragraph>
74cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered">
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76cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id428479" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click inside the Writer table.</paragraph>
77cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
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79cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id7236243" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Insert - Object - Chart</emph>.</paragraph>
80cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
81cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
82cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
83*b65cd59aSmseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145419" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">Follow the instructions in the <link href="text/schart/01/wiz_chart_type.xhp">Chart Wizard</link> to create the chart.</paragraph>
84cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
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86cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id6436658" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Chart based on values of its own</paragraph>
87cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="unordered">
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89cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
90cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
91cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
92*b65cd59aSmseidel<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3152960" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">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>
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