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Time | Narration |
00:00 | Welcome to the Spoken tutorial on LibreOffice Calc-Inserting Charts in spreadsheets. |
00:08 | In this tutorial we will learn the following: |
00:11 | Creating,Editing and Formatting Charts |
00:15 | Resizing and moving of Charts |
00:18 | Here we are using GNU/Linux as our operating system and LibreOffice Suite version 3.3.4. |
00:27 | So let us start learning about the various viewing options in LibreOffice Calc. |
00:33 | Charts can be powerful ways to convey information to the reader. |
00:38 | LibreOffice Calc offers a variety of charts formats for your data. |
00:43 | Using Calc, you can customize charts to a considerable extent too. |
00:48 | Let us open our 'personal finance tracker.ods' sheet. |
00:53 | And let us fill the amount spent on each of the items listed in the sheet. |
00:59 | We will click on the cell referenced as “E3” and type the amount as “6500”. |
01:06 | Now going down the column, we will type the amounts as
“1000”,”625”,”310” and “2700” in the cell referenced as “E4”,”E5”,”E6” and “E7” respectively. |
01:26 | Next we shall fill the amounts received on each of the items listed in the sheet. |
01:31 | So click on the cell referenced as “F3” and type the amount as “500”. |
01:37 | Now going down this column, we will type the amounts as “200”,”75”,”10” and “700” in the cells referenced as “F4”,”F5”,”F6” and “F7” respectively. |
01:54 | Let us now learn how to create a chart for this table. |
01:58 | In order to create a chart, we have to first select the data to be included in the chart. |
02:05 | So Click on the cell“SN” and without releasing the mouse button, drag the cursor till the last cell which has “700” in it. |
02:14 | Now click on the “Insert” option in the menubar and then click on the “Chart” option. |
02:21 | You see that the default chart with the date is inserted into the worksheet. |
02:27 | Simultaneously the "Chart Wizard" dialogue box opens up. |
02:32 | The "Chart Wizard" shows that the default chart is selected. |
02:36 | This default chart updates to reflect the changes you make in the Chart Wizard. |
02:42 | The "Chart Wizard" dialogue box has three main parts ,the steps involved in setting up the chart, choice of chart types, and the options for each chart type. |
02:55 | By checking the “3D Look” option, one can also get the chart display in three dimension. |
03:03 | Lets try these options. |
03:06 | We will click on the “Bar” option under the “Choose a chart type” field. |
03:11 | Observe that the sample chart shows the representation of the data in the table in the “Bar” format. |
03:19 | Similarly you can click on the other options like “Pie”, <pause> “Area”, <pause> “Bubble” <pause> |
03:28 | and many other options under the “Choose a chart type field” and get the required type of chart. |
03:35 | Under the “Steps” option, we have another option named “Data Range”. |
03:41 | Using this option, you can manually edit the range of data you want to represent in the chart. |
03:48 | The default option of plotting data is “Data series in columns”. |
03:54 | We can change the way we want to plot the data, by using “Data series in rows” instead. |
04:02 | This is useful if you use a style of chart such as “Column” to display your data. |
04:10 | Lastly, you can choose whether to use the
“First row as label” |
04:17 | or “First column as label”, |
04:22 | or both as labels on the axes of the chart. |
04:27 | Then click on data series in column again. |
04:31 | Now, in our sample chart, if we wish to remove the data under the heading “Received”, we can do so by first clicking inside the “Data range” field. |
04:42 | And then editing the range “$A$1 is to $F$7” to “$A$1 is to $D$7” . |
04:56 | Observe that the data under the heading “Received”, is no longer represented in the chart. |
05:03 | Next, lets see what “Data Series” does. |
05:08 | Notice there are 5 rows here, representing the total rows of data in our spreadsheet. |
05:14 | The “Add” and “Remove” buttons will allow us to add or remove rows of data from the chart. |
05:21 | We can also re-order the data by using the “Up” and “Down” buttons. |
05:27 | So after selecting what and how to represent data in the chart, click on the “Finish” button in the dialog box. |
05:35 | You see that the chart is inserted into the spreadsheet. |
05:40 | After learning about how to insert charts in spreadsheet, |
05:44 | we will now learn how to format charts in LibreOffice Calc. |
05:49 | The “Format” menu has many options for formatting |
05:53 | and fine-tuning the appearance of the charts. |
05:57 | Let us format the chart we inserted into the spreadsheet. |
06:00 | So, double-click on the chart so that it is enclosed by a gray border |
06:06 | indicating that it is in the “Edit” mode. |
06:11 | Now click on the “Format” option in the main menu. |
06:15 | You see that the drop down menu contains a number of formatting options like “Format Selection”, “Position and Size”, “Arrangement”, “Chart Wall” , “Chart Area” and many more. |
06:30 | They are used for positioning the chart, arranging and formatting the background and title of the chart. |
06:36 | We will learn about the most frequently used formatting options one by one. |
06:42 | The “Format Selection” option opens a dialog box with the heading “Chart Area”. |
06:49 | Observe that there are 3 tabs here - “Borders”, “Area” and “Transparency”. |
06:55 | By default “Borders” tab is selected. |
07:00 | Let us change the style and color of the chart’s border. |
07:04 | To do so, click on the “Style” field and choose “Continuous”. |
07:09 | Then similarly in the “Color” field click on “Green”. |
07:13 | Now click on the “OK” button. |
07:18 | Notice that the style and color of the chart border changes accordingly. |
07:23 | The “Title” option formats the title of the chart and its axes. |
07:29 | The “Axis” option formats the lines that create the chart |
07:33 | as well as the font of the text that appears on both the X and Y axes. |
07:39 | Explore all of these options on your own later in order to learn what they do. |
07:46 | Calc also provides an option for changing the background of the chart area. |
07:50 | The chart area is the area surrounding the chart graphic, including the main title and key. |
07:58 | To format the chart area, click on the “Format” option and select “Chart Wall”. |
08:05 | You see that a dialog box appears with the heading “Chart Wall”. |
08:09 | The “Style” field displays “Continuous” as this was our last choice. |
08:15 | In the “Color” field, let’s click on “Red”. |
08:19 | We will also change the size to “0.20”cm. |
08:23 | Now click on the “OK” button. |
08:27 | You see that the style and color of the chart area changes. <pause> |
08:34 | Next we will learn about how to resize and move elements in a chart. |
08:39 | For resizing a chart, click on the sample chart. |
08:44 | You see that green handles appear around the chart. |
08:47 | To increase or decrease the size of the chart, click and drag one of the markers in one of the four corners of the chart. |
08:55 | In order to move a chart, first click on the chart. |
09:00 | Now hover the cursor anywhere over the chart. |
09:04 | The cursor turns to a hand. |
09:06 | Click and move the chart to the desired location. Now, release the mouse button. |
09:13 | You have moved the chart! |
09:17 | Next we will learn how to resize charts by using the “Position and Size” dialog box. |
09:23 | Again, click on the chart. |
09:26 | Now right-click on the chart and select “Position and Size” from the context menu. |
09:32 | The “Position and Size” dialog box appears. |
09:36 | It has various fields that can set the 'X' and 'Y' positions of the chart as well as the width and height of the chart. |
09:45 | Let us set the 'X' coordinate to “1.00” “ and 'Y' coordinate to “0.83” “ for our chart. |
09:55 | Click on the “OK” button. |
09:57 | We see that the chart positions itself according to the set values within the chart area. |
10:04 | This brings us to the end of this Spoken Tutorial. |
10:08 | To summarize, we learned how to: Create charts, edit and format them |
10:14 | We also learnt how to resize and move the charts within the spreadsheet. |
10:20 | Comprehensive Assignment |
10:22 | Open your spreadsheet “practice.ods” |
10:26 | Insert a "Pie chart" for the data. |
10:30 | Resize and move the chart to the bottom right corner of the sheet |
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