CA-CRICKET¨ GRAPH IIIª  VERSION 1.5.2 TIPS

This file contains answers to often-asked questions about how to use CA-Cricket Graph III. Use this information to troubleshoot during graph creation and learn new techniques. 


SELECTING MULTIPLE COLUMNS IN DIALOGS
Use one of the following methods to select data columns in any dialog that allows multiple selections:

¥	To select a single column, click the column name.

¥	To select a range of consecutive columns, select the name of the first column in the range, then Shift-click the name of the last column in the range. 

¥	To select non-consecutive column names, Command-click each column name. 


SETTING A NEW DEFAULT FORMAT FOR A GRAPH TYPE
CA-Cricket Graph III has a default format for each graph type, however you can use the following procedure to set a different format as the default for each different graph type.

1.	Create a graph with the format you want to use for a specific graph type, then choose Save Graph Format from the File menu.

2.	In the dialog that appears, select the Graph Formats folder, then click Save.

3.	Choose the graph type (from step 1) by choosing its icon from the New Graph submenu of the Graph menu.

4.	In the New Graph dialog, choose the format you created from the Graph Format pop-up menu, then click OK.

5.	Choose Application from the Preferences submenu (Options menu).

6.	In the Application Preferences dialog, choose Use Previous Format from the second pop-up menu, then click OK. New graphs will use the format previously selected for that graph type.


CONTROLLING NUMERIC FORMAT DISPLAY
In the Edit Numeric Format dialog, you can enter a string that determines the way the positive, negative, and zero formats of a value are displayed.

Enter the strings that represent the positive, negative, and zero formats, respectively. Use a single semicolon to separate each string from the following string.

Note: To suppress a positive, negative, or zero value, enter a single quote, a space, and another single quote in the position that otherwise contains the format string.


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CREATING ARROWS
In CA-Cricket Graph versions prior to CA-Cricket Graph III, the tool palette contains three arrow tools you can use to create arrows. In CA-Cricket Graph III, the arrow tool on the tool palette is replaced by options in the Line Attributes dialog. You can use these options to add an arrow style to a line, open polygon, or path.

1. Create a line, open polygon, or path, then double-click the line to display the Line Attributes dialog.

2. Choose an arrow style from the Arrow pop-up menu.


CHANGING TICK MARK AND GRID LINE ATTRIBUTES
You can change tick mark and grid line attributes in the Axis Attributes dialog (some options do not apply to polar graphs).

1.	Double-click a graph's x, xx, y, yy, axis (or the horizontal or vertical radius axis of a polar graph) to display the Axis Attributes dialog.

2.	Choose Major Grid Lines, Minor Grid Lines, Major Tick Marks, or Minor Tick Marks from the top-right pop-up menu.

There are different pop-up menus for grid lines and tick marks:

¥	Grid line options are color, width, style, and a check box for turning grid line display on or off. 

¥	Tick Mark options are color, width, length, and a check box for turning tick mark display on or off. 


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3.	Choose options from the pop-up menus.

4.	Do one of the following:

¥	To turn on grid line display, turn on the Display Grid Lines check box.

¥	To turn on tick marks inside or outside the plot frame, turn on the Inside or Outside check box.

5.	Click OK.


PRINTING AND SAVING MULTIPLE-GRAPH DOCUMENTS
In CA-Cricket Graph III, you can include multiple graphs in a single graph window and save and print the window as a multiple-graph document. 

¥	To place a new graph in the center of an existing graph window, choose the name of the window from the Graph Window pop-up menu in the New Graph dialog. You can drag the graph to any location in the window.

¥	To copy an existing graph from one graph window to another, select the graph, then cut (Cmd-X) or copy (Cmd-C) it. Click the target graph window to make it active, then Paste (Cmd-V) the graph into the center of the active graph window. You can drag the graph to any location in the window.

¥	To display a dialog where you can save a multiple-graph window as a graph document, choose Save or Save As from the File menu.

¥	To print a multiple-graph window, click the window to make it active, then choose Print (Cmd-P) from the File menu. Choose printing options in the dialog that appears, then click Print. All graphs that appear in the printable area of the graph window are printed as a single document.


CHOOSING POSITIVE, NEGATIVE, OR BOTH ERROR BARS
By default, error bars show both positive and negative errors. If you want to display positive or negative only, select Positive Errors or Negative Errors in the Error Bars dialog before you select the source of error. If you already selected a source while Both Errors was selected, choose the error you want to remove, then choose None from the Source of Error pop-up menu.


DATA COLUMNS IN DIALOGS
In the New Graph dialog for each graph type, the application filters out the names of alphanumeric data columns when an axis or other variable requires numeric data. 

For example, when you create a line, scatter, stacked column, or column graph, the names of alphanumeric data columns are filtered out in the Vertical (Y) Axis scroll box because the y axis requires numeric data.


MOVING SELECTED OBJECTS IN A GRAPH WINDOW
You can move selected objects in a graph window either one or ten pixels at a time.

¥	To move selected objects ten pixels at a time, use the arrow keys.

¥	To move selected objects one pixel at a time, hold the Option key while you press an arrow key.


PRESELECTING DATA FOR GRAPH CREATION
You can bypass the New Graph dialog and create a new graph using data you select in the data window.

1.	Choose Application from the Preferences submenu of the Options menu.

2.	In the Application Preferences dialog, turn on the Use Data Selection and Bypass Dialog check boxes, then click OK.

¥	To preselect data but still display the New Graph dialog, turn off the Bypass Dialog check box.

3.	Do one of the following to preselect data in the data window:

¥	To select a single column, click a column ID.

¥	To select consecutive columns, select the ID of the first column in the range, then Shift-click the ID of the last column in the range. If you prefer, you can drag from the first cell to the last cell in the range.

¥	To select non-consecutive columns, Option-click each column ID.

Note: You can also select data at intersecting rows and columns. For information, see the next section.

4.	Choose a graph icon from the New Graph submenu of the Graph menu. 

¥	If the Bypass Dialog check box is turned off in step 2, the New Graph dialog is displayed with your selections highlighted. You can click OK to create the graph.

¥	If the Bypass Dialog check box is turned on in step 2, the graph is created using the preselected data columns.


SELECTING DATA AT A ROW AND COLUMN INTERSECTION
When you preselect data to create a new graph, you can select data that meets specific row/column criteria.

1.	Select a row number, then Shift-click to select the IDs of additional consecutive rows.

2.	Option-click the ID of each column you want to select.

In the following example, the data in rows 3 and 4 is selected where the rows intersect columns 3 and 5. (Although two entire rows are selected, only the four values at the row/column intersections are used to create a graph.)


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GROUPING OBJECTS AND GRAPHS
Objects you create using the tool palette are separate from graphs and other objects in the graph window. You may want to group objects and graphs if you want to copy or move them as a single object.


TRANSPOSING COLUMNS AND ROWS OF DATA
In CA-Cricket Graph III, you can transpose rows and columns using an option in the TEXT File I/O Preferences dialog.

1. Choose TEXT File I/O from the Preferences submenu (Options menu). The TEXT File I/O Preferences dialog is displayed.

2. Select Import TEXT or Export TEXT, turn on the Transpose Rows With Columns check box, then click OK.

Data is transposed when you copy or cut it, then paste it back into the same or a different data window.


USEFUL NUMERIC FORMATS IN SAMPLE DATA FILES
The Data Files folder in the Sample Files folder contains data files that use chemistry, electronic, physics, negative, and other general formats. If a sample data file includes numeric formats you want to use, you can do either of the following:

¥ Save all of the formats in the file as custom formats you can use in graph and data windows at any time.

¥ Save a single format as a default format to be used when you enter new data.

To save all the formats as custom formats:

1. Open the sample file, then choose Edit Numeric Format from the Options menu to display the Edit Numeric Format dialog.

2. Click Done to save all the formats in the Preferences file and display them in the Numeric Format and Edit Numeric Formats dialogs.

To save a single format as a default format for a data column:

1. Open the sample file, then click a column ID to select a column that contains the format you want to use as a default.

2. Choose Save Window Prefs from the Preferences submenu in the Options menu.


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