Tables and charts
Data written in cells, or drawn
What they are
A table writes its data in cells; a chart is a table that draws it. They are created from the Widgets panel, with sample data. The data is their own, or comes from a table in Tables; you edit it in the data panel.
Opening them
- Double-clicking a table or a chart opens the data panel: you do not enter it as you would a group.
- You move, scale and rotate them like any object. When you scale them the text size stays the one you set.
The Table panel
It appears with one table selected, and only one.
| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| Source | "own data": the data belongs to the table; or a table in Tables, which it takes the data from |
| Range | with a source, the part it takes: "A1:D6" |
| Rows, Columns | how many rows and columns; with a source, the source sets them |
| Header, Footer | the first and the last row as header and footer, each with its own color |
| Adapt to text | on, each row is as tall as its text; off, the rows are equal, and grow only if the text does not fit |
| Font size | the size of the cell text |
| Align | by default numbers to the right and everything else to the left; or everything left, centered, right |
| Line colour | the color of the lines |
| Row lines, Column lines, Border | turn on the lines between rows, those between columns, and the border |
| Cell background, Stripes | the cell background and that of alternate rows, turned on with their color |
| Corner radius, Cell spacing | the radius of the cell corners, and the space between cells |
| Text colour, Header text | the text color, and that of the header |
| Column widths | the widths as proportions, one per column: "7.5 3.6 3.6 3.3"; empty = equal |
| Data | Edit data… opens the data panel |
The Chart panel
The same panel, with the chart's rows:
| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| Type | columns, bars, lines, areas, stacked columns, stacked bars, pie, donut |
| Legend | the legend of the series, at the top; in pie and donut charts that of the slices |
| Source, Range | as in the table |
| Font size | the size of the labels |
| Data | Edit data… |
The data is read as in a spreadsheet: the first row holds the series names, the first column the categories, the other columns the values. Pie and donut charts draw the first series.