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Creating a chart from a table with compatibility mode off - word 2
I can create a chart from a table with compatibility mode ON but if I turn
this off it seems that you cannot create a chart from a table. You have to insert a chart from scratch and copy\paste the table data into the datasheet. Is that correct? |
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Creating a chart from a table with compatibility mode off - word 2
Weeeelllll, Yes & No ;-)
When you use Insert Tab Chart in a .docx the chart is created as a Smart object using the new graphics engine - which can provide all kinds of lovely graphic effects but wouldn't know what data to use if it were circled in red with flashing neon arrows point to it... So yes, you have to copy/paste or renter the data into the Excel sheet to have it plotted. However... If you instead use Insert Tab Object - MS Graph Chart it calls the former charting applet which uses the *old* graphics engine so you get the same result as you would have automatically if working in a .doc ([Compatibility Mode]) -- the trade-off, of course, is that you're stuck without the Shadows & other fancy effects supported by the .docx format. -- HTH |:) Bob Jones Office:Mac MVP "MrsMac2000" wrote in message ... I can create a chart from a table with compatibility mode ON but if I turn this off it seems that you cannot create a chart from a table. You have to insert a chart from scratch and copy\paste the table data into the datasheet. Is that correct? |
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Creating a chart from a table with compatibility mode off - word2
And any right-thinking disciple of Edward Tufte, when preparing The
Visual Display of Quantitative Information, will eschew "Shadows & other fancy effects" -- they (thankfully) did away with the marching ants; why did they leave in all sorts of other chartjunk? (also Tufte's term) On May 7, 10:35*am, "CyberTaz" gtz1@comcastdotnet wrote: Weeeelllll, Yes & No ;-) When you use Insert Tab Chart in a .docx the chart is created as a Smart object using the new graphics engine - which can provide all kinds of lovely graphic effects but wouldn't know what data to use if it were circled in red with flashing neon arrows point to it... So yes, you have to copy/paste or renter the data into the Excel sheet to have it plotted. However... If you instead use Insert Tab Object - MS Graph Chart it calls the former charting applet which uses the *old* graphics engine so you get the same result as you would have automatically if working in a .doc ([Compatibility Mode]) -- the trade-off, of course, is that you're stuck without the Shadows & other fancy effects supported by the .docx format. -- HTH |:) Bob Jones Office:Mac MVP "MrsMac2000" wrote in message ... I can create a chart from a table with compatibility mode ON but if I turn this off it seems that you cannot create a chart from a table. You have to insert a chart from scratch and copy\paste the table data into the datasheet. Is that correct?- |
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Creating a chart from a table with compatibility mode off - wo
Thankyou Bob, I certainly don't want to use the 2003 graphing tools but we
have some users that may need to for compatibility reasons so it's worth us knowing. I had forgotten all about the insert, object option - thanks very much "grammatim" wrote: And any right-thinking disciple of Edward Tufte, when preparing The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, will eschew "Shadows & other fancy effects" -- they (thankfully) did away with the marching ants; why did they leave in all sorts of other chartjunk? (also Tufte's term) On May 7, 10:35 am, "CyberTaz" gtz1@comcastdotnet wrote: Weeeelllll, Yes & No ;-) When you use Insert Tab Chart in a .docx the chart is created as a Smart object using the new graphics engine - which can provide all kinds of lovely graphic effects but wouldn't know what data to use if it were circled in red with flashing neon arrows point to it... So yes, you have to copy/paste or renter the data into the Excel sheet to have it plotted. However... If you instead use Insert Tab Object - MS Graph Chart it calls the former charting applet which uses the *old* graphics engine so you get the same result as you would have automatically if working in a .doc ([Compatibility Mode]) -- the trade-off, of course, is that you're stuck without the Shadows & other fancy effects supported by the .docx format. -- HTH |:) Bob Jones Office:Mac MVP "MrsMac2000" wrote in message ... I can create a chart from a table with compatibility mode ON but if I turn this off it seems that you cannot create a chart from a table. You have to insert a chart from scratch and copy\paste the table data into the datasheet. Is that correct?- |
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