Copy And Paste

In this Help topic , we break Copy and Paste operations into three categories: 1) Copying from Chartsmith and pasting to other applications, 2) Copying from other applications and pasting to Chartsmith, and 3) Copying from Chartsmith and pasting to Chartsmith. Although 'Cut' is not explicitly detailed in this context, in most cases cutting is equivalent to copying then deleting.

When pasting to the Data View, there is the choice of Paste and Paste Special. Paste is used for pasting data with tab delimiters to data cells, row labels or column labels. Paste Special allows the incoming data to contain tab, comma, space, colon or semicolon column delimiters; and allows pasting to data cells, data cells and row labels, data cells and column labels, or to data cells and row and column labels. All Chartsmith copying from the Data View produces tab delimited data; so there is no need to use Paste Special when copying and pasting strictly within Chartsmith.


1) Copy from Chartsmith and Paste to Other Applications

 

¥ Charts
Charts can be exported from Chartsmith by copying and pasting. Select a chart and choose the Edit->Copy menu item. Then in any application that will receive images (TIFF or PDF), select the Edit->Paste menu item. The image type can be set in Preferences.

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Data
Data in the Data View can be copied as tab delimited ASCII data. Simply select the data cells, rows, columns, row labels, or column labels of interest, and select the Edit->Copy menu item. Then, in the destination application, select the Edit->Paste menu item to paste the ASCII data.




2) Copy from Other Applications and Paste to Chartsmith

Pasting To Data View

 

Paste

Data and label values can be copied from any application (that supplies delimited ASCII text) and pasted into Chartsmith's Data View. Choosing the Edit->Paste menu item will import data to data cells only and requires that the data columns be tab-delimited and the rows be newline- or carriage-return-delimited. If you have data that is delimited by a character other than tab, or if you want to paste data and labels at the same time, choose the Edit->Paste_Special menu item (described below). To paste ASCII data copied from other applications, select the target cells to be pasted into. If you paste to a single cell selection, then the copied data will be pasted in its entirety. If the copied data contains more rows or columns than the number of available rows and series columns in the Data View, then you will be given the choice of truncating the paste to the available cells, expanding the Data View to fit the data or canceling. If you paste to a block of selected cells, then the cell values will be pasted just within the selected cells, truncating or repeating the copied data whenever necessary. To paste to the row or column labels, select the rows or columns to be pasted to, then select the Data_View->Select_Labels_Only menu item. The table below provides a quick reference for pasting to selection in the Data View.



Your Selections in the DataView

Does the Data View have enough rows/cols available to fit the data?

Action

Single Cell

NO

Option to expand Data View or truncate paste

Single Cell

YES

Paste all copied data to Data View

Block of Cells

NO

Truncate to selection

Block of Cells

YES

Paste all copied data to selection and repeat data if needed.


 
Note, Chartsmith data cells can contain any textual values, but only numeric values will be charted.


Paste Special

If you have data that is delimited by a character other than tab, or if you want to paste data and labels at the same time, choose the Edit->Paste_Special menu item. Paste Special brings up the Import Data panel, allowing you to specify the Data Content, and the column delimiter to be used when pasting the data. Data Content can be Data Only, Data with row labels, Data with column labels, or Data with row and column labels.




Pasting To Chart

 

If you paste ASCII text into a Chartsmith chart, a text annotation will automatically created with the pasted text.




3) Copy from Chartsmith and Paste to Chartsmith

Copying and Pasting within the Chart Window

 

Charts - Charts can be copied and pasted within or between Chartsmith documents. To do so, select the chart you wish to copy from the Navigator, and select the Edit->Copy menu item. Then select the document that you wish to paste the chart into and select the Edit->Paste menu item. Charts will be pasted into a document after the currently selected chart. When a chart is pasted into a document, the pasted chart will be selected and its data will be displayed in the Data View Window.

Annotations -
All annotation types can be copied and pasted within and between charts. Select the annotation to be copied, choose the Edit->Copy menu item, select the chart you want to paste the annotation into, and choose the Edit->Paste menu item.

Legend, Titles, Grid, Series - These components cannot be cut, copied or pasted from the chart.



Copying and Pasting within Data View Window

 

Series Columns - Series columns can be copied and pasted within or between the Data Views of a chart or different charts. One or more series column can be copied at once. To do so, select the columns by clicking in the column header and dragging across the series columns to be copied, then choose the Edit->Copy menu item. Select the series column to the left of where you would like to paste the copied series column, and select the Edit->Paste menu item. Copying and pasting a series column does not retain the attributes (such as fill color and line color) of the series in the chart. Series types can only be pasted into charts of the same type. For example, Chartsmith does not allow copying a bar series and pasting it into a pie chart.

Rows - Copying and pasting rows is very similar to copying and pasting series columns. Select the rows by clicking and dragging over the row labels, and choose the Edit->Copy menu item. Then select the row below where you want to paste, and choose the Edit->Paste menu item.

Cell Data -
Any subsection of the data cells can copied and pasted within and between the Data View of a chart or different charts. Select the cells you wish to copy and select the Edit->Copy menu item. Then select the cells to which you wish to paste the cell data and use the Edit->Paste menu item. If you paste to a single cell selection, then the copied data will be pasted in its entirety. If the copied cell data is larger the number of available rows and series columns in the Data View, then you will be given the choice of truncating the paste to the available cells or expanding the Data View to fit the data. If you paste to a block of selected cells, values will be pasted just within the selected cells, truncating or repeating the data whenever necessary.