Line Chart Construction?

**basils57** · 14 August 2012, 04:23 PM

As a relative newcomer to Designer Pro, If I want to show a series of line charts in a presentation, is there any easier way than constructing them 'inside' the graph page? I have them produced in Excel also.

Thanks in advance.

**gwpriester** · 14 August 2012, 10:31 PM

If you are using Designer Pro X (the newest version) have a look inside the Designs Gallery > Page Elements > Chart Widgets.

**basils57** · 15 August 2012, 06:05 AM

Hi Gary, thanks for the reply. I'm using Designer Pro 7 and the widgets contained in there don't appear to contain anything relating to charts.

**mwenz** · 15 August 2012, 06:29 AM

Try formating your table in Excel, Save As, and choose either to save the sheet as a PDF or XPS and import it.

Once on the page, you will find some clipped groups. You can elect to unclip and group the remainder. The tables and charts saved out as PDF are scalable in XDP.

Take care, Mike

**Big Frank** · 15 August 2012, 08:35 AM

i thought you could just copy and paste from excel, you can from libreoffice (which opens xls & xslx)

**basils57** · 15 August 2012, 01:36 PM

Thanks Guys; That works OK Mike, but for more functionality I guess I need the widget Gary was alluding to but that doesn't seem to be available for Designer Pro 7?

**mwenz** · 15 August 2012, 01:58 PM

Hi Frank,

Yes, one can copy and paste from OO, LO and Office. The results for me have not always been as nice as simply generating the PDF. For instance, out of Office 2010, there will be all the cell lines even if one does not have them defined in the spreadsheet. With charts, there can be misplaced lines, etc.

Take care, Mike

**Albacore** · 16 August 2012, 01:30 PM

Mike that can also happen when a line is misplaced when saving as PDF especially if there is a table included with the chart. I always start with a copy & paste, then move to PDF and if those two fail I go with a high res .tiff.