Re: New to Gnumeric -- attempting to plot data

[Adrian Custer <acuster gmail com>]

On 2/25/20 11:05 AM, Jean Brefort wrote:
...
> Welcome to Gnumeric.


Yeah, welcome.

1) Select A30:A65
2) Hold <Ctrl>, select C30:C65
3) Click the graph icon,
=> should give you a plot of type "XY" in a preview window

4) click insert
5) Select an area of the worksheet (click-drag-release)
=> should give you a plot on the worksheet

6) Right click on the plot, select "Properties" from the pop-up menu
=> gives you a "customize chart" window

This is a little complex: At the top left, there is a tree of elements 
in your chart, you can navigate it and add or remove elements to the 
tree. Top right, is a preview; bottom, allows you to modify the 
currently selected element.

Off the top of my head, I don't know how to get the labels you want. 
Best play around for a while to get a feel for it. Be patient, it's not 
intuitive because it is trying to do something complex and has its own 
vocabulary for all the elements.

good luck,
  ~adrian



> Look at section 3.10 (Graphing).
>
> The fast way to plot your data is to select both ranges and click on
> the graph button (left to the zoom tool button). Next, you choose the
> plot type, default being scatter plot, and you can use the dialog to
> customize your plot.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Jean
>
> Le mardi 25 février 2020 à 06:52 -0600, Richard Owlett a écrit :
> > Although I used spreadsheets back in days of CPM/80 and WinXP,
> > I've not used any in *DECADES*.
> > My OS is Debian Stretch (9.8).
> > The version of gnumeric is 1.12.32 .
> >
> > I wish to plot the data in C30:C65 against the data in A30:A65.
> > I wish the labels on the x-axis to run from the value in A30 to
> > the value in A65.
> >
> > I do not find the manual at
> >     https://help.gnome.org/users/gnumeric/stable/gnumeric.html
> > very helpful.
> >
> > Help please.
> > TIA
> >
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