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Cricket Graph III |
Excel 5.0 |
Powerpoint 4.0 |
MS Works 4.0b |
Claris Works 4.0 |
pro Fit 5.0 |
KaleidaGraph 3.0.8 |
DeltaGraph 4.0 |
SigmaPlot 5.0 |
| DATA HANDLING FACILITIES | |||||||||
| Input (Keyboard, file) | K,F | K,F | K,F | K,F | K,F | K,F | K,F | K,F | K,F |
| Space, Comma, Tab delimited | S,C,T | S,C,T | S,C,T | S,C,T | S,C,T | S,C,T | S,C,T | S,C,T | S,C,T |
| Proprietary formats | No | RTF | RTF,Excel | WKS,SYLK,Excel | DBF,SYLK,Excel | No | Excel | WKS,SYLK,Excel | SPG,SPW,Excel |
| Editing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sorting (Ascending,Descending) | A,D | A,D | No | A,D | A,D | A,D | A,D | A,D | A,D |
| Swap rows/columns | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Transformations (Maths,Algebra,Trigonometry, Bessel,Gamma,Fourier ) | M,A,T | M,A,T,F | No | M,A,T | M,A,T | M,A,T,F | M,A,T | M,A,T | M,A,T |
| Graph & data directly linked | Yes (switchable) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Statistical analysis | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Maximum number of variables (Data sets) | 1000 | 256 | 256 | 255 | 256 | 30000 | 256 per page | 256 per page | 16000 |
| Maximum number of data points per data set | 30000 | 16384 | 16384 | 4000 | 16384 | 30000 | 32000 | 32000 | 31000 |
| Are Missing values handled | No | Blank cell ignored | Blank cells ignored | Blank cells ignored | Blank cells ignored | Blank cells ignored | Blank/masked cells plot/skip | Blank cells plot/skip option | Blank cells plot/skip option |
| Selects non-contiguous data | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Interpolation (Linear, Parametric,Spline) | L,P | No | No | No | No | L,P,S | L,P,S | L,P,S | L,S |
| 2-DIMENSIONAL DATA DISPLAY | |||||||||
| Scatter (X/Y) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Line | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hi-Low | Indirectly(error bars) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Indirectly(error bars) | Yes | Yes | Indirectly(error bars) |
| Bar/Column (Overlaid,stacked,total=100%,3D) | O,S,T,3D | S,3D | S,3D | S,3D | S,3D | Program module | O,S | O,S,3D | O,S |
| Pie (Explode,3D) | E,3D | E,3D | E,3D | E,3D | E | Program module | E | E,3D | E |
| Histogram | No | No | No | No | No | Program module | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Area (Stacked,totals 100%,3D) | S,3D | S,T,3D | S,3D | No | S | Yes | No | S,T,3D | No |
| Bubble | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Polar Graph | Yes | No | No | No | No | Program module | Yes | Yes | No |
| Vector | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Mixed Styles (when valid) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2D Contour | No | No | No | No | No | Program module | No | Yes | No |
| 3-DIMENSIONAL DATA DISPLAY | |||||||||
| 3D scatter | No | No | No | No | No | Power MAC only | No | Yes | Yes |
| 3D Grid or regular column chart | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Power MAC only | No | Yes | No |
| 3D histogram (X-Y) pairs | No | No | No | No | No | Power MAC only | No | No | No |
| 3D Surface | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Power MAC only | No | Yes | Yes |
| 4D contour (combined surface+contour) | No | No | No | No | No | Power MAC only | No | No | No |
| OTHER DISPLAY OPTIONS | |||||||||
| X Error-Bars (data/function),(+/-),(asymmetric) | D/F,+ & -,A | D/F,+ & -,A | No | No | D,+ & -,A | D,+ & -,A | D/F,+ & -,A | D/F,+ & -,A | D/F,+ & -,A |
| Y Error-Bars (data/function),(+/-),(asymmetric) | D/F,+ & -,A | D/F,+ & -,A | No | No | D,+ & -,A | D,+ & -,A | D/F,+ & -,A | D/F,+ & -,A | D/F,+ & -,A |
| Curve fitting (Linear, Polynomial,Exponential, Logarithmic, Geometric, Hyperbolic, Fourier) | Lin,P,E,Log | Lin,P,E,Log,G (Trendline option) | No | No | No | Lin,P,E,Log,G (General Fit Option) | Lin,P,E,Log,G | Lin,P,E,Log,G,H | Lin,P,E,Log,G,H |
| Plot maths functions | No | Indirectly | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| View point adjustment | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Read Data points | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| CHART AXES | |||||||||
| AXIS - Change width/colour | No/No | Yes/Yes | Yes/Yes | Yes/Yes | Yes/Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Allow Broken or Separated Axes | No | No | No | No | No | Indirectly | Indirectly | Yes | Yes |
| Axis scaling user defined | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dual X/Y-axes | Dual Y | Dual Y | Dual Y | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Logarithmic axes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Transposition of axes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AXIS LABELLING - Allow edit of Axis titles | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Position/move Axis titles | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Orientation of Axis titles | Yes | Horizontal,Vertical | Horizontal,Vertical | Horizontal,Vertical | Horizontal,Vertical | Horizontal/Vertical | Horizontal/Vertical | Yes | Yes |
| Scientific notation, Sub/Superscripts | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes,No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Foreign character support | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TICK MARKS - Specify position | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Format options for tick mark labels | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Orientation options for tick mark labels | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Horizontal, program | Horizontal/Vertical | Yes | Yes |
| Allow labelling only every Nth tickmark | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Grid lines on Chart | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OTHER CHART FACILITIES | |||||||||
| Titles | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Legends | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Data Point labels | Yes, limited | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Line/Scat/Pie/Bar | Yes | No |
| Text annotation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Freehand drawing annotation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chart size/position adjustment | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Background composition (Coloured,Graduated,Pattern,Bitmap) | C,P | C, P | C, P | C,G.P | C,G.P | C,P | C | C,G,P | No |
| Frame/Bounding box | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Multiple charts on page | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CHART OBJECT ATTRIBUTES | |||||||||
| Number of line styles | 5+ | <5 | 5 | 5+ | 5+ | 5+ | 5+ | 64 | 5+ |
| Number of line widths | 5+ | <5 | 5+ | 5+ | 5+ | 5+ | 5+ | 5+ | 5+ |
| Number of symbol styles | 5+ | 5+ | 5+ | 5+ | 5+ | 5+ | 5+ | 5+ | 5+ |
| Type of fill styles (Coloured,Graduated,Pattern,Bitmap) | C,P | C, P | C, G, P, B | C,P | C,G,P | C,P | C,G,P | C,G,P | C,P |
| Size of pre-defined colur palette | 64(u) | 56 | 56 | 256 | 81 | 264 | 64(u) | 122(u) | 64(u) |