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Using Tally-Up! Graphs
Items on the Top Graph Screen Bar
This is the top of the graph screen, where most of the
actions and options are selected
The chart types are selected from the drop-down list on
the left. The Actions button displays a list of things you
can do to the chart. The Styles button displays a menu of
styles for marks, legends, and shapes. The Colors button
has several menus that allow you to control the colors of every part of
the chart.
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Chart Type List
The Chart Type List shows all chart types
available for the report.
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| Actions Menu
Click the Actions button to display this menu.
Some of the items will vary, depending on the type of chart in
use. The items from "Tilt chart" through
"Drag Marks" are mutually exclusive. Only one can
be active at a time. When clicked, dragging the chart will
perform the selected action. Clicking the "Normal
Actions" item will turn off the special actions.
"Remove Zero Values" is visible only when the chart
has sections with zero values.
"Hole Size" is only for doughnut charts, and
"Vary Slice Heights" is for Doughnut and Pie charts.
The "Copy To Clipboard" item copies the chart image
to the Windows Clipboard where it can be pasted into Microsoft
Word and many other word processors and graphics programs.
The "Print Chart" item displays a print preview
dialog where you can adjust margins, select a printer and print
the chart image.
The "Save Chart" item allows you to save the
file. You may save the graph to a Bitmap (BMP) file, a
Windows Metafile (WMF) file, or a Tally-Up! Data (DGF) file. The
Tally-Up! Data (DGF) file can be read and re-displayed in
Tally-Up! from the utility report "Stored Graphs". |
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Styles Menus-Mark
Styles
"Marks" are the little boxes that can appear on or above
each chart element when the "Marks" box at the top of
the screen is checked. The menu items above the line are
mutually exclusive. You may check any of these and see the
results immediately. The "Show Symbol" item causes
a small symbol the same color as the chart element along with the
selected text.
The "Show Other Details" item deserves some
explanation. Charts with many values can sometimes be made
easier to understand by "shrinking" the chart,
combining the lower values into one element named
"Other". Checking "Show Other Details"
causes the "Other" mark to include the names of all
included values. Click here to learn
more.
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Style
The Legend is a text list placed outside the chart area when
the "Legend" box at the top of the screen is
checked. It displays the names of each of the chart
elements. The four menu items above the line are mutually
exclusive, and determine the legend's placement on the
screen. Check the "Numbers" item to have a
number (1 through n) in the legend and marks |
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| Styles Menus-Bar
Shapes
This menu is available only when the chart is a Bar, Stacked
Bar, Horizontal Bar, or Stacked Horizontal Bar. The Bar
Shapes menu items are mutually exclusive. Check one and
immediately see the result. Click here
see some samples of the bar styles |
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| Styles Menus-MultiBar
Shapes
This menu is available only when the chart is a Stacked Bar or
Stacked Horizontal Bar. The MultiBar Shapes menu items are
mutually exclusive. Check one and immediately see the
result. The six MultiBar styles can
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| Colors Menus-Palette
Themes
Unlike general themes, which affect the chart elements, legend,
marks and background, palette themes apply only to the chart
elements (bars, slices, etc). As before, just check a menu
item and immediately see the result of the palette on your chart
elements.
Note: Checking the " Colored Legend" menu item
will cause each line in the legend to be the same color as the
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| Colors
Menus-Gradient Themes
The Gradient themes affect the background colors of selected
chart elements. You may choose from a list of pre-defined
themes or create your own. The "All
Gradients" menu item paints the panel (background), the
legend and marks with the same color scheme, while the
"Legend Gradient" item paints the legend only and
"Mark Gradient" paints only the marks.
Selecting any of these items causes this sub-menu to appear,
and clicking one of these items applies the theme.
"Solid Color" allows you to select the color of
your choice, "Custom" allows you to design your own
theme, and "None" erases the gradients.
Note: Checking the " Colored Legend" menu item
will cause each line in the legend to be the same color as the
element they represent. |
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| Text Menus
Use this menu to choose which labels and title lines are to
appear on the chart. Some options are not available on some
charts.
The "Marks & Legend Case" item allow you to
change the case of all marks and legend text with a single click.
Checking the " Colored Legend" menu item will
cause each line in the legend to be the same color as the element
they represent. |
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Items on the Bottom Graph Screen Bar
Unlike the top bar, whose items are visible regardless of
the chart type, the bottom bar's items can vary from chart to chart.
In addition, bottom bar items can change as you select actions or
edit some chart features.
This is the basic bar:
These items are always visible. The box on the left
is the message box. If the action selected in the Actions
menu is "Normal Action", the message box will contain
information about a chart element as the mouse moves over that element If
the action is not "Normal Action" the box will show a notice of
the action being taken. For example, if the selected action is
"Move Chart", the message box will display "MOVING: Drag
chart to move".
Check the "Remember settings box" if you want
your options to be applied to your charts the next time you use the chart
screen. Clear the box if you want to start with the default settings
the next time.
Clicking the Edit button brings up a simple chart editor
where you can set Main, Bottom, and Left Side titles and fonts, set the
points per page, and shrink chart elements.
If you have selected more than one custom report to at one
time, The Close button will be replaced with a Cancel button and a
Next button
In the case of a chart with many elements, you may find
the chart too crowded for comfortable viewing You can click Edit, set
the "Points Per Page" to a non-zero number. This causes
the elements to be distributed over several chart pages. If the
chart has been "paged" the bar will have navigator buttons like
this:
Clicking on the navigator buttons will cause different
chart pages to appear. By the way, you can print "paged"
reports.
If you choose a Pie or Doughnut chart, a
"Circle" box and a "Rotate" slider will be placed on
the bar:
Check "Circle" to have your chart appear round,
or clear "Circle" to display an oval chart.
Drag the "Rotate" slider to cause the chart to
spin.
If you are viewing a Doughnut chart, and you select
"Hole Size" from the Actions menu, the "Rotate"
slider will be replaced with a "Hole %" slider like this:
Drag the "Hole %" slider to change the size of
the Doughnut hole.
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