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Displaying data in charts (graphs) – Apple AppleWorks 5 : Windows 95/NT 4.0 User Manual

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3.

Choose Paste Function from the Edit menu.

4.

Select AVERAGE from the list and click OK.

5.

Hold down the mouse button and drag the I-beam pointer in the entry bar to
select the sample values between the parentheses.

6.

In the spreadsheet, hold down the mouse button and drag the pointer over the
three cells whose values you want to average, and then click to accept the
function.

AppleWorks replaces the sample values with the selected cell range and
displays the average value (85) of the selected cells as the result.

Displaying data in charts (graphs)

A chart (or graph) shows graphic relationships and trends among data. You
can chart data in a spreadsheet frame as well as in a spreadsheet document.

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Choose Index from the Help menu and type the first few letters of the entry. Double-click the
entry and then double-click a topic.

Select the sample values
but not the parentheses

Address of cell where
function is stored

Cell range

The result

In the Help index,

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see:

E

charts, creating

Line chart

Data