Re: [libreoffice-users] Data Range in Calc
Mike Scott wrote: > On 08/07/16 02:01, Pat Brown wrote: > > Mike, the problem is that when I double click on the chart and I right > > click, none of the options is "Data Ranges". The closest I can come is > > "Data Table.." This is what has been frustrating me. I wonder if it > > would help to re-install LO as there may have been some sort of > > corruption during my last install. I am using version 5.1.3.2 on Win 7 Pro. > > 5.1.4.2/mint here. But it's behaved the same for as long as I remember. > > OTOH, I'm charting a set of cells within the spreadsheet. If I > double-click the chart, and select "View" from the menu bar, then "Data > Table" is a greyed-out option. I have not the foggiest idea what it does > -- the help system unhelpfully tells me: > >"Opens the Data Table dialog where you can edit the chart data. > >The Data Table dialog is not available if you insert a chart that is >based on a Calc sheet or on a Writer table." > > But if I double-click the chart and then R-click somewhere on it, I get > different menus depending on what's been clicked (background, grid, > point, trend line), but they /all/ finish with chart type, data ranges, > copy, paste. > If you double-click on the chart, then there is Format > Data Ranges in the normal menu (and a lot more). -- Piet van Oostrum WWW: http://pietvanoostrum.com/ PGP key: [8DAE142BE17999C4] -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Data Range in Calc
On 08/07/16 02:01, Pat Brown wrote: Mike, the problem is that when I double click on the chart and I right click, none of the options is "Data Ranges". The closest I can come is "Data Table.." This is what has been frustrating me. I wonder if it would help to re-install LO as there may have been some sort of corruption during my last install. I am using version 5.1.3.2 on Win 7 Pro. 5.1.4.2/mint here. But it's behaved the same for as long as I remember. OTOH, I'm charting a set of cells within the spreadsheet. If I double-click the chart, and select "View" from the menu bar, then "Data Table" is a greyed-out option. I have not the foggiest idea what it does -- the help system unhelpfully tells me: "Opens the Data Table dialog where you can edit the chart data. The Data Table dialog is not available if you insert a chart that is based on a Calc sheet or on a Writer table." But if I double-click the chart and then R-click somewhere on it, I get different menus depending on what's been clicked (background, grid, point, trend line), but they /all/ finish with chart type, data ranges, copy, paste. Do you have/can you borrow another machine you can run this on? IMO if you seriously think the installation is corrupted, reinstalling might be a good plan; but try moving your profile to one side first - I gather resetting that can cure a number of ills. (BTW, it's almost always best to follow up to the list, rather than to any individual. At the very least, you get the benefit of the collected wisdom, while others may benefit from any discussion.) On 7 July 2016 at 16:15, Mike Scott mailto:v...@scottsonline.org.uk>> wrote: On 07/07/16 14:37, Pat Brown wrote: Every year I open a new sheet in Calc to record data from a new year. The layout remains exactly the same each year, only the data changes. The simplest is to copy the whole of the previous year's sheet and past it into a new sheet. Then delete all the previous year's data and fill in the new data. I have two graphs on this page and this is where my problem comes in. The simplest method would be to select the graph and then change the Data Range to read from the new sheet, BUT, once a graph has been created I cannot find any way to edit the data range. Am I missing something or is this just not possible? Is it really necessary to re-create each graph from scratch? No. Double-click on the chart background to select it. Right-click on any point (or a trend line) and select "Data Ranges" -- Mike Scott (unet2 [deletethis] scottsonline.org.uk) Harlow Essex England "The only way is Brexit" -- anon. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Data Range in Calc
On 07/07/16 14:37, Pat Brown wrote: Every year I open a new sheet in Calc to record data from a new year. The layout remains exactly the same each year, only the data changes. The simplest is to copy the whole of the previous year's sheet and past it into a new sheet. Then delete all the previous year's data and fill in the new data. I have two graphs on this page and this is where my problem comes in. The simplest method would be to select the graph and then change the Data Range to read from the new sheet, BUT, once a graph has been created I cannot find any way to edit the data range. Am I missing something or is this just not possible? Is it really necessary to re-create each graph from scratch? No. Double-click on the chart background to select it. Right-click on any point (or a trend line) and select "Data Ranges" -- Mike Scott (unet2 [deletethis] scottsonline.org.uk) Harlow Essex England "The only way is Brexit" -- anon. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Data Range in Calc
On 07/07/2016 09:37 AM, Pat Brown wrote: > Every year I open a new sheet in Calc to record data from a new year. The > layout remains exactly the same each year, only the data changes. The > simplest is to copy the whole of the previous year's sheet and past it into > a new sheet. Then delete all the previous year's data and fill in the new > data. I have two graphs on this page and this is where my problem comes in. > The simplest method would be to select the graph and then change the Data > Range to read from the new sheet, BUT, once a graph has been created I > cannot find any way to edit the data range. Am I missing something or is > this just not possible? Is it really necessary to re-create each graph from > scratch? > Instead of clearing out a previous sheet, why not create a template and use that to create a new sheet each year? At the very least, you could create a blank sheet and copy it to the current year. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Data Range in Calc
Every year I open a new sheet in Calc to record data from a new year. The layout remains exactly the same each year, only the data changes. The simplest is to copy the whole of the previous year's sheet and past it into a new sheet. Then delete all the previous year's data and fill in the new data. I have two graphs on this page and this is where my problem comes in. The simplest method would be to select the graph and then change the Data Range to read from the new sheet, BUT, once a graph has been created I cannot find any way to edit the data range. Am I missing something or is this just not possible? Is it really necessary to re-create each graph from scratch? -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted