Then perhaps you should learn Matlab instead.

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 11:45, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

I keep thinking that
but then I think, I can do what I want in Excel perfectly adequately and quickly, so why bother
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 11:52, Reply)

Because
no matter how well you process it, and no matter how much effort you put in...the graphs will still look a bit cheap and nasty.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 11:54, Reply)

This is very true
and is the reason I use Kaleidagraph for scientific graphs.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 11:56, Reply)

I've got my excel graphs to the point where they look acceptable
I mostly use it for manipulating shit loads of data and it's good to be able to see it the way excel shows it.

I'm sure matlab can do what I want, but it's never the same thing more than once, so I'd have to write a routine to do it each time, whereas excel is adaptable enough to be able to do it swiftly and easily.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 11:57, Reply)

Just changing the colour chart makes a massive difference.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 12:04, Reply)

what do you mean?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 12:06, Reply)

gaz me your email adress, I'll mail you a spread sheet with a custom colour chart.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 12:07, Reply)

from that you can import it to whatever spreadsheet you want.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 12:07, Reply)

much obliged

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 12:10, Reply)

when I get to the point where I care about the apparent aesthetic quality of my graphs
I will quit. And/or kill myself
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 12:11, Reply)

it's the only creative outlet some of us have at work
although, you should see the sexy map/schematic I just made.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 12:13, Reply)

ooh I love it when you talk dirty.

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 12:16, Reply)

Etch-a-Sketch. It's the future.

(Cave Duck, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 12:27, Reply)