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TinkerPlots Help
Introduction
The Relationship of TinkerPlots to Fathom
TinkerPlots Terms
Getting Started
Learning to Use TinkerPlots
Install on Multiple Computers
Open a Sample Document
Get Technical Support
Save and Back Up Your Work
Undo and Redo
Working with a Document
Parts of a Document
Create a New Document
Place an Object in a Document, Move It, and Resize It
Working with Multiple Objects in a Document
Duplicate an Object
Iconify an Object and Get It Back Again
View an Object in a Separate Window
Working with Collections
Open a TinkerPlots Document
Make a New Collection
Change Size of Font in Document Objects
Autofit Column Width in Data Cards and Case Tables
Import Data
Export Data
Working with Attributes
Working with Dates and Time
Working with Values
Working with Cases
Combine Collections
Make a Data Subset
Rename a Collection
Prevent Collection Changes
Revert to Last Saved Collection
Recoding and Creating Data
Working with a Sampler
Overview of Sampler
Parts of the Sampler
Create a Sampler
Basic Sampler Controls
Types of Devices
Types of Samplers
Device Options
Labeling Device Branches
Results Options
Run Length
Working with a History Collection
Overview of History Collection
Create a History Collection
Collecting Values
Adding Cases to a History Collection
History Options
Working with Plots
Parts of a Plot
Make a New Plot
Basic Operations
Remove an Attribute from an Axis
Replace an Attribute on an Axis
Plot Two Attributes
Swap Axes
Display Attribute Units
Bins and Axes
Create New Attribute from Plot Separation
Case Icons
Reference Lines
Dividers
The Ruler Tool
Hat Plots
Counts and Percents
Averages
Color Meter
Color Key
Get Case Information
Highlight Cases
Connecting Lines
Remove Some Cases from a Plot
Change Data Values
Add New Cases
Draw on a Plot
Duplicate a Plot
Add Background Image
Change Plot Toolbars
Slow Down Animation
Making Common Graphs and Tables
Stacked Dot Plot
Dot Plot
Frequency Bar Graph
Histogram
Value Bar Graph
Stacked Value Bar Graph
Value Circle Graph
Pie Graph
Rectangle Graph
Scatter Plot
Binned Scatter Plot
Time Series Graph
Dot Map
Box Plot
Hat Plot
Frequency Table
Making a Report
Enter Text
Paste Pictures
Copy Objects into Other Applications
Working with Formulas
Parts of the Formula Editor
Use a Formula to Define an Attribute
Use a Formula to Filter a Plot
Enter a Formula
Apply the Formula
Adjust the Formula Editor Panes
Use the Keypad
Use the Attribute and Function List
Move the Cursor and Select a Portion of an Expression
Copy and Paste Formulas
Make Boolean Expressions
Make If- and Switch Statements
Common Uses of Formula-Defined Attributes
Working with Sliders
Make a Slider
Rename a Slider
Change a Slider's Value
Change a Slider's Scale
Animate a Slider
Restrict Slider Values
Use a Slider in a Formula
Common Uses of Sliders
TinkerPlots Objects
Data Cards
Case Tables
Plots
Samplers
Text
Sliders
Pictures
Operators and Functions in the Formula Editor
Operators
Arithmetic Functions
Conditionals
Date and Time
Distribution Functions
List Functions
Logical Functions
Other Functions
Random Functions
Statistics Functions
Text Functions
Trigonometric Functions
Special Functions
In the Menus
TinkerPlots (Macintosh only)
File
Edit
Object
Data
Options Menus
Window
Help
Keyboard Shortcuts
Operating on Data in Plots
Moving Around in Data Cards and Case Tables
For Fathom Users: Show Fathom Collection Object
Credits
GNU Library General Public License
© 2012 Clifford Konold and Craig D. Miller