Run|Charts

Once your Chart Content and Chart Style preferences have been selected, you will be ready to create charts from the selected WinCross tables using Run|Charts.

Select a banner - Select a banner to view the tables available for charting for that banner.

Select All - Automatically selects all banners and all tables for each banner.
Deselect All - Automatically clears all banners and tables selected.
Find a banner - Allows you to enter search criteria to locate a specific banner. This is especially useful if there are many banners in your job file and you only want to select a specific banner.

Select one or more tables - Select one or more tables for the chosen banner for chart creation.

Select All - Automatically selects all tables for the chosen banner.
Deselect All - Automatically clears all tables selected for the chosen banner.
Find a table - Allows you to enter search criteria to locate a specific table. This is especially useful if there are many tables in your job file and you only want to select a specific table or group of tables.

Chart output - select the output format for your charts. Multiple output formats can be selected at the same time.

Microsoft Excel
Creates charts in Microsoft Excel from the selected banners/tables.
Each chart is created as a separate worksheet.
Microsoft Excel is automatically launched to display the specified charts.
Once Excel is opened and the charts are displayed, you can use all of the normal functionality of charting with Excel to modify the chart(s).
The data represented in the chart is available by dragging the chart aside.
Microsoft PowerPoint
Creates charts in Microsoft PowerPoint from the selected banners/tables.
Each chart is created as a separate slide.
Microsoft PowerPoint is automatically launched to display the specified charts.
Once PowerPoint is opened and the charts are displayed, you can use all of the normal functionality of charting with PowerPoint to modify the chart(s).
The data represented in the chart is available by right-clicking in the Plot or Chart area of the slide and selecting Edit Data.
Microsoft Word
Creates charts in Microsoft Word from the selected banners/tables.
Each chart is created as a separate page in the Word document.
Microsoft Word is automatically launched to display the specified charts.
Once Word is opened and the charts are displayed, you can use all of the normal functionality of charting with Word to modify the chart(s).
The data represented in the chart is available by right-clicking in the Plot or Chart area of the chart and selecting Edit Data.

Running Charts

Select OK to create charts from your WinCross tables in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint and/or Microsoft Word.
You will be prompted to enter a File name for your chart file in the Save As dialog box.
The File name entered is used for multiple output formats but saved with the extension for that format (for example, File name Chart1 will be saved in Microsoft Excel as Chart1.xlsx, in Microsoft PowerPoint as Chart1.pptx and in Microsoft Word as Chart1.docx).
The application for each output format selected is automatically launched.
The File name entered in the Save As dialog box is opened for each application selected in Chart output.
If the File name entered already exists, you will be prompted to Replace or Append.
Append - Adds the new chart(s) to the existing file.
In Microsoft Excel, the chart(s) becomes a new worksheet.
In Microsoft PowerPoint, the chart(s) becomes a new slide.
In Microsoft Word, the chart(s) is added to the end of the existing file.
Replace - Replaces the existing file with the new chart(s).