Create charts / graphs in OpenOffice oocalc

Aim: Count occurrences of words in a column and create a pie chart from it.

The column that you'd like to chart should have a title in its first cell.

  • Select the column.
  • Data -> DataPilot -> Start.
  • Use current selection.
  • Window will pop up to define the data fields.
  • There will be a button at the top with the name of the first cell in the column we selected earlier.
  • Drag it into the 'Row fields'.
  • Drag it into the 'Data fields', click the 'Options' button and select count.
  • Click the more button and set the results to go into a new sheet.
  • You now have a data table in the new sheet which counts the words in the source selection.
  • When the data in the source selection changes, right click the title cell of the data table and refresh.
  • Select the part of the data table that you'd like to count and click the 'Chart wizard' button to create a chart.
  • Or, select the data table's title cell and click the 'Chart wizard' button to create a chart. This will include the total in the chart.

Last modified: 28/10/2009 Tags: (none)

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