think-cell 5.3 – User Guide

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6. Text labels think-cell takes care of correct and readable labeling. Avoid using PowerPoint text boxes to label your charts as they will be ignored by think-cell’s automatic label placement. When you create labels from think-cell’s context menu, the default content is taken from the data sheet or calculated by the program (in the case of column totals, averages, and alike). In addition, you can always enter additional text or replace the default text inside think-cell’s automatic labels. When a label is selected, you can start typing, overwriting the current text. If you want to keep the existing text, enter text editing mode by pressing ✄ ✂ F2✁and use the cursor keys and ✄ ✂Home/ ✁ ✄ ✂End✁keys to navigate within the label text. This section explains how think-cell’s labels work in detail. Types of labels Here is a list of labels that are supported for different types of charts, and the buttons in the context menu to add or remove them: Label type Chart types Menu buttons Category column 1 /line/area Series column/line/area Segment column Point line/area Total column/area Inside pie Outside pie Activity Gantt Item Gantt Scale Gantt 1 including stacked chart, clustered chart, 100% chart, Mekko chart, waterfall chart, and their rotated variations
Automatic label placement When using think-cell, labels are automatically placed at their appropriate positions. A number of built-in rules ensures that labels are always placed for easy readability and pleasant aesthetics. These rules are specific to the chart type and to the type of the label in question. Here are some examples. For segment labels in column charts: – If there is enough space, place all labels centered. – If a label is larger than the segment it belongs to, put a colored rectangle underneath the label. – If two labels are too close together, offset one to the left and the other to the right. – If there is not enough space inside a segment, place the label outside the segment and add a line that points to the related segment. For inside labels in pie charts: – If there is enough space, place them as close to the segment’s outside border as possible. – If a label is larger than the segment it belongs to, put a colored rectangle underneath the label. Text labels 31 – If two labels are too close together, offset one of them towards the center of the pie. Manual label placement In general, think-cell automatically places all labels at appropriate positions. If a label can be placed at multiple positions, you can manually change think-cell’s placement decision: 1. Select the label. If a drag icon appears at the lower right corner of the selection then this indicates that there are alternative locations for the label. 2. Drag the selection frame or the drag icon with the mouse. While you are dragging, available locations highlight, and the blue selection frame jumps to these locations. 3. Drop the label at the desired location. Labels that do not show the drag icon when selected, do not offer alternative locations. When manually placing a series label, alternative locations for the label will include any existing legend (Legend on page 50) for the chart.
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Page 3 and 4: Contents Imprint . . . . . . . . .
Page 5 and 6: Contents 5 Arrows and values . . .
Page 7 and 8: Contents 7 14. Excel data links . .
Page 9 and 10: 1. Product overview Welcome to thin
Page 11 and 12: Missing system components When you
Page 13 and 14: Online quality assurance At think-c
Page 15 and 16: Note: In the following, we will use
Page 17 and 18: Entering chart data When you select
Page 19 and 20: The scribble on page 14 is now repr
Page 21 and 22: Icon Known as Page column or bar ch
Page 23 and 24: - Open the think-cell context menu
Page 25 and 26: Color scheme The color scheme contr
Page 27 and 28: 5. Data entry Internal data sheet E
Page 29: Transposing the data sheet lets you
Page 33 and 34: It is not obvious when a numeric te
Page 35 and 36: Pasting text into multiple labels W
Page 37 and 38: The clustered chart is a variant of
Page 39 and 40: A handle appears at each end when y
Page 41 and 42: - The tickmark spacing for value ax
Page 43 and 44: ange of the scale to take as much s
Page 45 and 46: appears. The handle snaps to multip
Page 47 and 48: Arrow modes. You can cycle through
Page 49 and 50: Series connectors In menus: Chart,
Page 51 and 52: 8. Waterfall chart Icon in Elements
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Page 57 and 58: 11. Scatter and bubble charts Scatt
Page 59 and 60: Bubble chart Icon in Elements menu:
Page 61 and 62: 12. Project timeline (Gantt chart)
Page 63 and 64: Scale display When changing the dat
Page 65 and 66: add rows and keep typing without re
Page 67 and 68: When you select a Harvey ball, an a
Page 69 and 70: Moving items There are several ways
Page 71 and 72: Date format control You can freely
Page 73 and 74: 13. Customizing think-cell This cha
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When you click on this menu item in
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You can also let think-cell automat
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original or the copied Excel files
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Frequently asked questions What are
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For further information read sectio
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15. More tools This chapter explain
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a) Open the Format Text Box dialog
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chooses the appropriate function an
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constant multiplication. Also, a su
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Appendix
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user, and by default think-cell is
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Note: Any quote characters in the X
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all relevant system parameters. To
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B. Exchanging files with PowerPoint
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C. Programming think-cell Some func
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Index 100% chart, 37 - 100% indicat
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