http://datapigtechnologies.com/blog/index.php/the-trouble-with-chart-data-tables/ A DataPig Technologies Blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://datapigtechnologies.com/blog/index.php/the-trouble-with-chart-data-tables/comment-page-1/#comment-18823 Keischa Wed, 20 Jul 2011 06:26:44 +0000 http://datapigtechnologies.com/blog/index.php/the-trouble-with-chart-data-tables/#comment-18823 I feel stasiifed after reading that one. I feel stasiifed after reading that one.

]]> http://datapigtechnologies.com/blog/index.php/the-trouble-with-chart-data-tables/comment-page-1/#comment-18639 Micki Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:07:32 +0000 http://datapigtechnologies.com/blog/index.php/the-trouble-with-chart-data-tables/#comment-18639 I don't seem to be able to properly format my data table. In the first view above, the row with the months -- when I go to print preview, the months appear slightly above the line that separates them from People Count data. And when I go to print, the months are on or below that line. Changing fonts, enlarging the chart area, plus anything else I could think of just doesn't work. The best I can do is remove the outline, and although that looks great in the above second view, it doesn't look that great in my charts since I have 3 rows after the 'title' row. What am I doing wrong here? Help! I don’t seem to be able to properly format my data table. In the first view above, the row with the months — when I go to print preview, the months appear slightly above the line that separates them from People Count data. And when I go to print, the months are on or below that line. Changing fonts, enlarging the chart area, plus anything else I could think of just doesn’t work. The best I can do is remove the outline, and although that looks great in the above second view, it doesn’t look that great in my charts since I have 3 rows after the ‘title’ row. What am I doing wrong here? Help!

]]> http://datapigtechnologies.com/blog/index.php/the-trouble-with-chart-data-tables/comment-page-1/#comment-3878 Formatting the chart data tables « Excel Tips Monster Thu, 06 May 2010 13:48:36 +0000 http://datapigtechnologies.com/blog/index.php/the-trouble-with-chart-data-tables/#comment-3878 [...] suggests some very simple re-formatting, which makes the table much more readable to anyone who has eyes (e.g. not an OCR [...] [...] suggests some very simple re-formatting, which makes the table much more readable to anyone who has eyes (e.g. not an OCR [...]

]]> http://datapigtechnologies.com/blog/index.php/the-trouble-with-chart-data-tables/comment-page-1/#comment-3824 Jon Peltier Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:55:53 +0000 http://datapigtechnologies.com/blog/index.php/the-trouble-with-chart-data-tables/#comment-3824 I have always found data tables in charts to be almost worthless. Partly this is due to their inflexibility: you can't choose what to put into them, and you can't do much about formatting them. Partly it's due to the redundancy of putting all the data you've plotted into a table right in the same place. If you need the table to show the data, do you need to fix up the chart, or do you even need the chart? Or can you spirit the table off to an appendix for the anal-retentive manager who needs to see the numbers. I have always found data tables in charts to be almost worthless. Partly this is due to their inflexibility: you can’t choose what to put into them, and you can’t do much about formatting them. Partly it’s due to the redundancy of putting all the data you’ve plotted into a table right in the same place. If you need the table to show the data, do you need to fix up the chart, or do you even need the chart? Or can you spirit the table off to an appendix for the anal-retentive manager who needs to see the numbers.

]]> http://datapigtechnologies.com/blog/index.php/the-trouble-with-chart-data-tables/comment-page-1/#comment-3820 datapig Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:45:55 +0000 http://datapigtechnologies.com/blog/index.php/the-trouble-with-chart-data-tables/#comment-3820 Jeff: Good tip about the different colors. It does make things easier to see. Jeff: Good tip about the different colors. It does make things easier to see.

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