MACROMEDIA FREEHAND MX 11, Use Manual

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To set the data precision, enter a Decimal Precision value for the number of decimal places to
which the data will be rounded. Select Thousands Separator to punctuate values of one
thousand or greater.
8
Continue entering data as needed, repeating steps 3 through 7.
Note: The Chart tool plots empty cells as values of 0.
9
When you have finished entering data, click Apply to create the chart, or click OK to create the
chart and close the dialog box.
10
Click the style button at the top of the dialog box to specify the chart type. For more
information, see “Setting the chart type and options” on page 98.
To edit data in a chart:
1
Select the chart in your document.
2
In the Tools panel, if the Chart tool is not showing, select it from its pop-up menu.
3
Double-click the Chart tool.
4
In the Chart dialog box, select a cell or drag to select multiple cells.
5
To edit data in the worksheet, select any of the following options:
Cut
removes data from highlighted cells.
Copy
copies data from highlighted cells.
Paste
pastes copied or cut data into cells starting with the cell currently highlighted.
6
To switch the data categories and groupings:
•
Click Transpose to change the columns to rows and the rows to columns.
•
If you’re creating a scatter chart, click Switch XY to reverse the x axis and y axis.
7
When you have finished editing data, click Apply to preview your changes without closing the
Chart dialog box, or click OK to apply the changes and close the dialog box.
To edit the appearance of chart elements:
1
In the Tools panel, click the Subselect tool.
2
Click a chart element to select it.
3
Select Edit > Select > Superselect or press the Tilde (~) key to select all of the elements in
that series.
4
Edit the selection as desired. You can apply most of the same changes and transformations to
the selected elements as you can to any other FreeHand object, such as coloring, scaling, or
rotating.
You can add perspective to the entire chart, but not to individual elements. For more
information, see “Creating perspective” on page 227.
To color selected chart elements:
Select a stroke or fill color from the pop-up color boxes in the Tools panel. You can also use Find
and Replace Graphics feature to change colors in a chart; for more information, see “Making
global changes” on page 124.