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(I helped save b3ta! rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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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
(I helped save b3ta! 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.
(I helped save b3ta! 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.
(I helped save b3ta! 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?

(I helped save b3ta! 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

(I helped save b3ta! 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
(I helped save b3ta! 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.
(I helped save b3ta! 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.

(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 12:16, Reply)
Etch-a-Sketch. It's the future.

(I helped save b3ta! Cave Duck, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 12:27, Reply)

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