think-cell 5.3 – User Guide

Segment difference arrow. Segment difference arrows
can be added by selecting the or button in
the context menu. You can use the handles that appear
when the difference arrow is selected to set the two values
that are to be compared. The ends of the difference
arrow can be attached to column segments, data points
or to a value line, if there is one (Value line on page 48).
By default, a newly inserted difference arrow stretches
from the selected segment or category to the top segment
of the next category. You can also determine the
desired start and end segment/category for the difference
arrow immediately: Select the start segment and
the end segment at the same time. Then right-click on
one of them and select Add Segment Difference Arrow.
To select multiple segments at a time, hold down
✄
✂ Ctrl✁key while selecting (see Multi-selection on page 23).
In case of a line or area chart, select the corresponding
data points instead of segments.
Column chart, line chart and area chart 46
If the arrow is so small that the bubble would cover it up,
the bubble is automatically placed next to the arrow. To
manually optimize the layout, you can drag the arrow
itself as well as its label to other locations (Automatic
label placement on page 31). If you want to place the
arrow between two columns, you might want to create
an additional gap between the columns (Gap width and
category gap on page 44).
Category difference arrow. Category difference arrows
can be added by selecting the or button in the
context menu and connecting the ends of the difference
arrow to the categories or columns that are to be compared.