SigmaPlot Frequently Asked Questions

How do I...

• . . . set custom bar chart colors and other graph properties
  
  
• . . . add error bars, including asymmetric error bars
  
  
  • Computing error bars from data statistics
    
    
  • Plotting values as symmetric error bars
    
    
  • Plotting values as asymmetric error bars
    
    
• . . . change/customize error bar directions
  
  
• . . . make a global text or line change
  
  
• . . . change default graph settings, like as font and graph size
  
  
• . . . use two axes effectively
  
  
• . . . space two or more separate bar plots on the same graph
  
  
• . . . create floating bars
  
  
• . . . sample data points/display only some symbols
  
  
• . . . plot just a selected set of data
  
  
• . . . remove/ignore an outlier
  
  
• . . . highlight an outlier
  
  
• . . . copy and paste effectively into PowerPoint
  
  
• . . . share your graphs with Mac users
  
  
• . . . use a font for your symbol
  
  
  • Changing the symbol font or text
    
    
  • Using text from a worksheet column as your symbols
    
    
• . . . use different line widths on one graph
  
  
• . . . change a custom color
  
  
• . . . paste Excel data at full precision
  
  
• . . . paste date/time data from Excel
  
  
• . . . change the default properties of new graph pages
  
  
• . . . change page color
  
  
• . . . return an X value from a known Y
  
  
• . . . retrieve statistics and paste them to Excel
  
  
• . . . hide a single legend entry
  
  
• . . . display more than 25 legend entries
  
  
• . . . keep a legend label from changing
  
  
• . . . create ticks between bars
  
  
  • Histograms and variable x spacing
    
    
• . . . add non-keyboard characters to tick labels
  
  
• . . . combine graphs from different pages onto one page
  
  
• . . . use my own labels for tick labels
  
  
• . . . use my own tick mark intervals
  
  
• . . . add axis breaks to a category axis
  
  
• . . . make hollow symbols
  
  
• . . . change or turn off all axis lines
  
  
• . . . make my notebook file size smaller
  
  
• . . . automatically create backup files
  
  
• . . . preserve attributes of hidden objects
  
  
• . . . put a macro onto a menu
  
  
• . . . save a notebook to an earlier version of SigmaPlot
  
  
• . . . move a plot in front of another plot, or re-order curves in a plot
  
  
• . . . resize a graph without resizing symbols and text
  
  
• . . . plot the numeric percentiles for box plots and error bars
  
  
• . . . add an equation or graphic to my graph/page
  
  
  • Using Microsoft Equation Editor
    
    
  • Using Microsoft Clip Gallery
    
    
• . . . add a table to my graph page
  
  
• . . . make my own SigmaPlot equation
  
  
• . . . fix a constant value in curve fitting
  
  
• . . . interpolate values for regression curves
  
  
• . . . enter time-only data and analyzing time series data
  
  
• . . . convert *.gra files created in DOS versions of SigmaPlot to the Windows version
  
  
• . . . remove/uninstall the Microsoft Excel integration feature of SigmaPlot?
  
  
• . . . save a document while attempting to save a new file?
  
  
• . . . assign a "hot-key" for a macro?
  
  
• . . . display a regressed line on top of an existing graph with date and time data?
  
  
• . . . copy a block of data, associated with a formula or macro, in Excel and Paste it into SigmaPlot?
  
  
• . . . install SigmaPlot on Windows XP Home Version operating system?