Introduction

The tutorial is structured as follows:-

Apart from the Home Page, each web page is composed of 2 frames, structured as a left column and a right column. Viewed from a web browser, it looks like the following:-

The left column contains a list of the tutorial contents; the right column is used to display that section of the tutorial which is currently selected.
A tutorial section is selected simply by clicking on it.
When the tuturial is first invoked, the Introduction section is automatically displayed. Thereafter, the section on display is that currently selected from the contents list by the user.

A brief explanation of what each of the items on the contents list means is as follows:-

Tutorial Contents:-	Explanation:-

Home	The tutorial's home page.
Introduction	The introduction to the tutorial.
Starting Deltagraph	How to start the Deltagraph package executing.
Exiting Deltagraph	How to stop Deltagraph executing.
Help	Getting Help in Deltagraph.
Creating a Line Graph	A detailed look at how to produce a line graph.
Titles, Legends, and Axes	Adding Titles; positioning Legends; changing the characteristics of Axes.
Grids	Adding/removing Grids.
Chart Symbols	Modifying chart Symbols.
Special Text Characters	The use of special Deltagraph text characters to create Superscripts, Subscripts, and Line breaks.
Multiple Line Graphs	How to produce multiple line graphs on one chart.
Printing	How to print Deltagraph charts on a Postscript printer.
Error Bars	How to generate Error Bars in Deltagraph.
Curve Fitting	How to perform Curve Fitting in Deltagraph.
Exporting Charts	How to export Deltagraph charts to other packages.
Exporting Data	How to export Deltagraph data to other packages.
Importing Data	How to import data into Deltagraph.
Creating a 2-D Column Chart	Practical example of creating a 2-D column chart.
Creating a 3-D Column Chart	Practical example of creating a 3-D column chart.
Creating a 3-D Area Chart	A detailed look at how to produce a 3-D Area chart, including:- Importing data. Adding chart titles. Assigning axis titles. Resizing a chart axis. Changing the text attributes of axis labels. Use the "Options..." command. Rotating labels on a chart. Changing the view of 3-D charts. Changing fill-colour and patterns on data graphics.
APPENDIX
Acknowledgements	Acknowledgements for the tutorial.

Note

The sections on Creating and Customising a line graph, and the section on Error Bars, make use of the same graph. When utilising the line graph sections, you will be reminded to save the graph where appropriate.

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