Konica Minolta Darwin VDP Software - Manual (Page 71)

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Working with charts
Chart overview
Charts enable you to visually display data in your job. With the Darwin
software, you can create multiple charts for each record in the data
source and then preview each chart in the InDesign CS3 software before
you create the VDP output. You can change the presentation of your
data by choosing a different type of chart or different colors, labels, and
text properties.
A chart consists of various parts: a chart area, a chart title, x and y axes,
a legend, gridlines, and labels.
Darwin enables you to create various types of charts: column charts, pie
charts, bar charts, line charts, area charts, and radar charts. Each type of
chart has at least two subtypes; for example, pie chart have two
subtypes; basic and 3-D.
The process of creating a new chart involves four steps:
1. Adding a new chart and selecting a chart type and subtype
2. Defining the chart display options, including titles, labels, and
background color
3. Defining series and assigning the relevent fields from the data source
4. Previewing and adjusting the chart display options