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anta40
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 Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 6:51 am Post subject: Making a colum. chart |
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I'm making a column chart, and what I want is something like this:
As you can see, on the top of each column there is a value displayed.
How to do that in OO Calc? |
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keme
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| Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 6:59 am Post subject: |
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When you've created a column chart, click one of the columns. All columns should get a selection mark.
Right click and select Object properties.
The Data labels tab has the options you need. |
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jrkrideau
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| Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 7:00 am Post subject: Re: Making a colum. chart |
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| anta40 wrote: | I'm making a column chart, and what I want is something like this:
As you can see, on the top of each column there is a value displayed.
How to do that in OO Calc? |
Insert > Data Labels.
But why bother? It just distracts from the overall chart and is generally considered poor data display technique.
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anta40
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| Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 7:06 am Post subject: Re: Making a colum. chart |
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[quote="jrkrideau"] | anta40 wrote: |
But why bother? It just distracts from the overall chart and is generally considered poor data display technique. |
Well, sometimes I'm curious about the exact value of each column.
And, yeah, it's a bit distracting.
Thanks for your reminder.  |
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jrkrideau
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| Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 6:44 am Post subject: Re: Making a colum. chart |
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[quote="anta40"] | jrkrideau wrote: | | anta40 wrote: |
But why bother? It just distracts from the overall chart and is generally considered poor data display technique. |
Well, sometimes I'm curious about the exact value of each column.
And, yeah, it's a bit distracting.
Thanks for your reminder. |
Read Edward Tufte on chartjunk. I think he says that this one is about the worst graph every done. http://www.csiss.org/classics/content/44
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