Graphs and Tables
Working with Graphs
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To tailor the graph’s appearance
● Choose from the View➤Y-axis➤ menu to set the scale for
the graph.
● Choose from the View➤Color/Monochrome➤ menu or
change the View
➤Color toggle to select whether color is
used.
● Choose from the View➤Show/Hide Legend➤ menu or
change the View
➤Show Legend toggle to indicate
whether to display the graph legend.
● Choose from the View➤Show/Hide Grid➤ menu or
change the View
➤Show Grid toggle to indicate
whether to display the grid.
Several options in the View menu let you tailor the appearance of the
graph.
The View menu’s
options depend on
the graph tool’s
version
View➤Y-axis➤ Choose Scale Y-Axis on all data to adjust the scale of the Y axis to
accommodate the largest and smallest values across the entire period
for which data exists. With this option, the Y axis does not change when
you scroll through the graph.
Choose Scale Y-Axis on displayed data to adjust the scale of the
Y axis to achieve a “best fit” based on the data currently being shown.
With this option, the Y axis changes as you scroll through the graph.
These two modes trade off the advantages of viewing a single page of
the graph—for example, for printing or zooming in on a specific time—
versus paging back and forth through available data—for example, for
monitoring trends or large fluctuations in the data.
View➤Color/
Monochrome
View➤Color
Choose whether to display plot lines using the colors defined in the Line
Configuration window (discussed on page 530).
If you choose not to display color, plot lines are shown in black and
white using different line patterns to distinguish them; this option is
useful when printing graphs to a non-color printer.
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