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Charts provide pictorial representations of the data in your spreadsheet. Charts can be used to emphasize trends shown by the data, and charts often make it easier for someone looking at the data to understand what the data really means. Calc provides a number of different chart types that can be used to depict your numerical data. Some of the most useful chart types are
Note Calc also provides scatter charts and net charts. Scatter charts are used to identify data clusters, which show a correlation between data points. Net charts show how uniform a set of data points are that have been plotted. When you create a chart in Calc, you are walked through the steps of selecting the chart type and adding labels or other information to the chart. A new chart can be created as an object on an existing sheet in your spreadsheet (such as the same sheet that contains the data), or you can choose to place the chart on a new sheet. |
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