CHARTSMITH

Quick Start Tutorial #2

This tutorial, Tutorial #2, assumes that the user has already proceeded through Tutorial #1, or has basic familiarity with the Data View Window, the Chart Window and the Info Panel; how to add rows and series columns; how to edit data; how to add charts and save images and documents.

In this tutorial, you will be given an introduction to all of the primary functions of Chartsmith. At its conclusion, you should be able to handily create charts for your reports and presentations.


Working in the Data View Window.............................................................................

Working in the Chart Window....................................................................................

Working with the Inspector Panel..................................................................................

We will now work with Chartsmith's Inspector Panel. So bring it forward using the Tools -> Show Inspector menu item.

Chartsmith's Inspector Panel is a panel which is used to control the attributes of every element of the chart. By clicking on a chart element to select it, like the legend or a title, the Inspector changes to display the controls that are relevant to the selected item.

We will not go through all of the Inspector Panels in the application, but instead will highlight a few of the key Inspectors: Background, Bar series, and Grid.

Annotations................................................................................................................

To add annotations to your chart, click the Annotation Panel shortcut button or choose Tools-> Show Annotations, then drag any of the annotations found there to the chart. Chartsmith provides Text, Box and Image, Line, Circle and Balloon annotations. Annotating a chart with images is accomplished by dragging and dropping an image into a Box annotation, or setting the image from the Box Inspector.


Templates...................................................................................................................

Chartsmith templates store attributes for any component of a chart. Templates are created from an existing chart and can later be used to format other charts. That concludes Tutorial #2. By proceeding through this tutorial, you have an introduction to the primary features and functions within Chartsmith. If you want to get an introduction to some of the advanced features within Chartsmith, proceed to Tutorial #3.



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