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- Information is available on:
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- What this software does
- Running the application
- The Iconbar Menu
- Entering Data
- Further help available
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- Note that if any read me files are supplied as
- part of this application, they may have more
- recent information than is contained in this
- file.
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- ChartDraw is © Chris Johnson, 1992-4
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- This application provides interactive help when
- the !Help application is active.
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- What this software does
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- It allows the production of a range of charts from
- data that can be entered and edited. The program
- plots line graphs, stacked and grouped barcharts
- and piegraphs. The current implementation provides
- 2D display of the charts.
-
- A number of options for obtaining various forms
- of hard copy exist (saving as a !Draw file, or
- printing via any standard RISC-OS printer driver).
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- Running the application
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- This software is fully RISC-OS compatible, and is
- multi-tasking. It can be run from the desktop in
- all the standard ways.
-
- Double clicking on the !ChartDraw icon in a
- directory viewer will install its icon on the icon
- bar.
-
- The application can also be started by double
- clicking on a ChartDraw file. In this case,
- besides the icon appearing on the icon bar, the
- edit window will be opened with the contents of
- the data file displayed, for further editing if
- necessary. A data file may also be dragged, either
- into the edit window, or to the iconbar icon. The
- data will be loaded, overwriting any data that had
- previously been entered.
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- The Iconbar Menu
-
- Clicking with MENU on the icon offers the
- following options:
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- Info
- The standard information box, with version
- number. This is the number that should be quoted
- in any communication regarding the application.
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- Help
- Opens this help window
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- Choices...
- Selecting this brings up a dialogue box that
- allows a range of options to be changed, and these
- changes may be made permanent so that they become
- the new defaults when the application is
- subsequently started. The options affect the way
- the charts are displayed and printed.
-
- The choices should be self explanatory. The font
- names and sizes can be changed. To change the
- font, simply click on the menu button to the right
- of the font name field, when a menu will open with
- all the installed fonts shown, from which a choice
- can be made. Clicking on the menu button to the
- right of the font size field will raise a menu to
- choose the new size.
-
- The type of line (dashed or continuous) used for
- producing a graph grid for the graph may be
- chosen.
-
- You may also choose whether to use colour when
- plotting, and how long labels are displayed.
-
- The changes will not come into operation until
- the Set button is pressed. If the cancel button
- is pressed, the dialogue box is removed from the
- screen, and the original defaults remain in
- effect. The selection can be made the new default
- by clicking on the save icon. When saving
- defaults, the settings will be made for the
- current session. Note that the default file is
- saved within the !ChartDraw application,
- therefore, if the application is being run from a
- floppy disc, the filer may request the disc
- containing the !ChartDraw application to be
- inserted in the disc drive.
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- Quit
- Terminates the ChartDraw application. ChartDraw
- offers the chance to save any modified data before
- quitting.
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- Entering Data
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- Clicking SELECT on the ChartDraw iconbar icon
- will open an empty edit window, in which you may
- enter and edit the data for display.
-
- More extensive help is available from the edit
- window menu.
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- Further Help
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- Help windows similar to this one can also be
- accessed from the data editing window, and the
- chart window, with appropriate help and
- information for the particular context.
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