Re: New to Gnumeric -- attempting to plot data

[Richard Owlett <rowlett cloud85 net>]

Thank you.
When I first read your post yesterday my initial response was
<sputter> <sputter> I tried that <sputter> <sputter> <sputter>

*THIS morning*, after a night's sleep, I followed your procedure
STEP by STEP. It worked better that way <sheepish grin>

The key was Step 6.

The manual needs a redo

On 02/25/2020 09:09 AM, Adrian Custer via gnumeric-list wrote:
> 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