From: lachlan@dmp.csiro.au (Lachlan Cranswick)
Subject: Re: Scientific graphic for Windows ?
Organization: CSIRO Division of Mineral Products, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 06:50:05 GMT

5916rahmank@vms.csd.mu.edu ( ) writes:

>In article <1992Dec30.140257.7379@dmp.csiro.au>, lachlan@dmp.csiro.au (Lachlan Cranswick) writes:
>	.... deletion....
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>>Lachlan.
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>>  Lachlan Cranswick  -  CSIRO             _--_|\  lachlan@dmp.CSIRO.AU
>>  Division of Mineral Products           /      \ tel +61 3 647 0367
>>  PO Box 124, Port Melbourne 3207        \_.--._/ fax +61 3 646 3223
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>	I have a question on sigma plot for dos. I have set the axis 
>	label to scientific notation format. What it does, it puts 
>	three digit exponents, i.e., for example, 2.3e+007. I couldn't
>	find a way to make it a two digit exponent like 2.3e+07. Can
>	somebody show me how to do it.

>	Thank you.

>	-Anis.

Yes, I'm now a liar (well sort of)   when I said 
SigmaPlot could control "everything" (I've not needed
scientific notation before)
I could not figure out how to do it elegantly via the menus
BUT there is a way to do it that is a bit inelegant (via the menus).

In Tick label options, select "Text from columns x (say column 7).

In column 7, type out the labels as you would want them to
appear on the graph.  Now the problem here (that took me
an hour - it is 30 deg Celcius outside and 35deg Celcius in
my room - so the pressure was on) is that Sigma plot thinks
that 2.3e+02 (the numbers I was using) is numerical, not text,
so it converted it to its standard format which gives you so much
agro.

I forgot/don't know how to type numbers as text into the worksheet
but the solution to this I found was to use 123 to make a wk1 file
with the labels entered as text.  Import it into Sigma plot and
it will now recognise the labels as text - and you should
now see the labels on the graph as you want them.
(You should be able to use any data format to inport
the labels into sigma plot. )

There are probably better ways to do this but this
is one way to do it at short notice.


There is an email address and BBS for Jandel to get
help/discuss problems.  I recieved it in a blurb from
them around 6 months ago.  However, as I was really kicking heads
in with this program (being a He-Man individaul) I threw it
in the bin as I thought I would never need it.  Bit stupid
I admit, as I now have a small query on batch printing.
I'm printing over 200 graphs via batch with a cannon 10ex via
EpsonLQ mode.  Half the graphs, before they are printed,
keep prompting whether I want to Use, Cancel, Not Use the
defaults in the graph.  The type of printer is irrelevant, and 
the message prompt is irrelevant to what is printed
out, but means I have to stay by the printer.  I think it may
have something to do with the original graphs were in
SigmaPlot 4.1 format?

If you need anymore help, send me email.

Hopefully, my reputation (or lack of it) is
still intact.  Happy New Year to all,  Lachlan.

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  Lachlan Cranswick  -  CSIRO             _--_|\  lachlan@dmp.CSIRO.AU
  Division of Mineral Products           /      \ tel +61 3 647 0367
  PO Box 124, Port Melbourne 3207        \_.--._/ fax +61 3 646 3223
  AUSTRALIA                                    v