GDDM-PGF V2R1.3 Interactive Chart Utility
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Step-by-step charts

GDDM-PGF V2R1.3 Interactive Chart Utility
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  1. Get to the Chart By Example panel, if you're not there already, by selecting 0 on the Home Panel.
    
    
  2. Type in the numbers or words shown in the captions on each of the panel displays that follow, or follow the text.
    
    
  3. Check that the panel on your screen looks like the picture in this book, then press ENTER.
    
    
  4. Start with the first picture now. Type in 1 and press ENTER.
    
    

Just work steadily through the panels shown on the following pages, and you should have a new chart in ten minutes or less.

First, enter 1 on the Chart by Example panel to get some data.


   PICTURE 35          

Figure 35. Getting data from the Chart By Example panel


   For this second chart, select data for a pie chart by entering 4.


   PICTURE 36          

Figure 36. Selecting a pie chart from the Chart By Example panel


The selected data is now displayed. Press PF3 twice to return to the Chart by Example panel.


   PICTURE 37          

Figure 37. The sample data on the Data Entry panel


For this second chart, we will build it up step-by-step. Enter 3.


   PICTURE 38          

Figure 38. Selecting "step-by-step" from the Chart By Example panel


A panel is displayed showing the attributes that can be applied to the selected chart type.


   PICTURE 39          

Figure 39. Display of chart types on the Step By Step Charts panel


After you have selected an attribute, further possibilities will be offered until, eventually, you arrive at a large display of the chart that may resemble that shown in the next picture. However, if you select different attributes, your chart may differ from the example we show.


   PICTURE 40          

Figure 40. Your finished chart on the Step By Step Charts panel


Now save your second chart.


   PICTURE 41          

Figure 41. Selecting save on the Chart By Example panel



   PICTURE 42          

Figure 42. Saving on the Save And Load Chart panel


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