Creating a Chart

Getting Started with Apache OpenOffice 4

Chapter 3: Getting Started with Writer

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• What Is Writer?
• The Writer interface
• Changing Document Views
• Moving Quickly through a Document
• Working with documents
• Working with text
  • Selecting Items That Are Not Consecutive
  • Selecting a Vertical Block of Text
  • Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Text
  • Finding and Replacing Text and Formatting
  • Inserting Special Characters
  • Inserting Dashes and Non-breaking Spaces and Hyphens
  • Setting Tab Stops and Indents
  • Changing the Default Tab stop Interval
  • Checking Spelling and Grammar
  • Using Built-in Language tools
  • Using AutoCorrect
  • Using Word Completion
  • Using AutoText
• Formatting Text
  • Formatting Paragraphs
  • Formatting Characters
  • Auto-formatting
  • Creating Numbered or Bulleted Lists
  • Hyphenating Words
• Formatting Pages
  • Which Layout Method to Choose?
  • Creating Headers and Footers
  • Numbering Pages
  • Changing Page Margins
• Adding Comments and Graphics to a Document
• Creating a Table of Contents
• Creating Indexes and Bibliographies
• Adding Images and Other Graphics
• Adding Tables, Spreadsheets, and Charts
  • Creating a Table from a Calc Spreadsheet
  • Creating a Chart
• Adding a Movie or Sound
• Printing
• Using Mail Merge
• Tracking Changes to a Document
• Using Fields
• Linking to another part of a document
  • Using Hyperlinks
  • Using Cross-References
  • Using Bookmarks
• Using Master Documents
• Creating Fill-in Forms

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Creating a Chart

You can create a chart in three ways:

• Insert a chart based on data from cells in Calc or Writer.
  These charts update automatically when the source data changes.
• Insert a chart with a default data set, and then use the Data Table dialog to enter your own data for that chart.
  These charts can be created in Writer, Impress, and Draw.
• Copy a chart from Calc or Writer into another document.
  These charts are snapshots of the data at the time of copying. They do not change when the source data changes.

To create a chart based on the values in a Writer table:

1. Click inside the Writer table.
2. Choose Insert → Object → Chart. A chart preview and the Chart Wizard are displayed.
3. Follow the instructions in the Chart Wizard to create the chart.

To create a chart based on values of its own:

1. If you have not selected any cells, choose Insert → Object → Chart to insert a chart with default data.
2. You can change the default data values by double-clicking on the chart and then choosing View → Chart Data Table.

For more about working with charts, see the Calc Guide.