1. You can use the graphics tools to create the graphic within the word processor document.
2. You can copy and paste the graphic from other ClarisWorks documents or from other applications.
3. You can use the Insert Command in the File Menu to insert a graphic stored in a file on a disk.
4. You can add a spreadsheet frame to your document and create a chart or graph from your spreadsheet data.
Whether you should create the graphic within the word processor document or in a separate document depends on your application. Graphics that you create within a document retain their position on the page and do not move with the text. You must manually drag and reposition the graphic each time you edit your text. Thus, you should create graphics within the document if you want to control their placement on the page.
How to Add a Chart
In this tutorial, you will use a spreadsheet frame to add a chart to your document.
You will add the chart to the top of the second column of the document. Follow these steps:
1. Open a new word processing document.
2. Select the Spreadsheet Tool from the tool palette. Then click and drag to create a spreadsheet frame that contains rows A and B and columns 1 through 5.
4. Enter data from Figure 1 into the spreadsheet.
5. Change the font in cell A1 to Geneva 10 point bold. This text will become the chart title.
6. Select cells A1 through B4. ClarisWorks will use the text in column A for the chart title and axis labels.
7. Choose "Make Chart" from the Options Menu (or press Command-M) to open the Chart Dialog Box.
8. Click on the line chart icon in the dialog box and select the options shown in Figure 2. (Do not select "Color" if you have a black and white monitor.)
9. Click on "OK" to create the chart. The line chart will appear as a graphic object on top of the report.
10. Use the selection handles to reduce the size of the chart so it is about three inches wide and three inches tall.
11. Drag the chart into the upper right corner of the document so it covers the spreadsheet frame (see Figure 3). Leaving the spreadsheet hidden in the document makes it easy to recreate the chart if you want to edit your data.
Now you will add a text frame that contains information about the source of your data. Continue as follows:
12. Select the Text Tool from the tool palette.
13. Create a new text frame by holding down the Option Key and clicking once within the chart border near the bottom of the chart.
14. Change the font to Geneva 9 point italic.
15. Type "Source: Antarctic Weather Bureau, 12/92" within the text frame.
16. Press the Enter Key to select the text frame. Then drag one of the right-hand handles further to the right until all the text fits on one line.
17. Use the Arrow Keys to move the text into place in the lower left corner of the chart.
18. Hold down the Shift Key and click on the chart to select both objects. Then choose "Group" from the Arrange Menu (or press Command-G) to group the objects together.
Your chart is now complete. Save your document.
If you ever need to change the data in the spreadsheet, select the chart and choose "Move To Back" from the Arrange Menu. The chart will move to the back layer, behind the spreadsheet frame. That makes the spreadsheet frame accessible. Any changes you make to the data in the spreadsheet will immediately appear in the chart; the link between the spreadsheet frame and the chart will remain intact unless you copy or cut and paste the chart. Then select the spreadsheet frame and choose "Move to Back" from the Arrange Menu to re-display the chart.
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3