5. Customize your graph

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Format your graph any way you like.

Prism makes it easy to customize any part of your graph. Double-click on any data point to change symbol size, shape or color. Right-click to change only that symbol. Use the formatting tools on the Prism toolbar to change the background color or apply a color scheme. Add arrows, circles, boxes and text, including Greek letters and formulas. You can even copy blocks of text from an analysis results sheet and paste it onto your graph. Because Prism links related sheets, if your data changes, the points on your graph, and the pasted analysis results information will both update.

Try it yourself

1.Double-click on any symbol in the top data set and change the color of the symbols to blue. You can change the symbol shape if you like.
2.Change the color of the other data set symbols to red.
3.Double-click on each curve and change their colors to match.

4.Click on the graph title ("Exponential decay") and edit it.
5.Use the Insert Greek button in the Write toolbar to add a Greek letter and the subscript button in the text toolbar to format the title.

6.Double-click on the Y axis of your graph to open the Format Axis dialog. Uncheck the box to "Automatically determine the range and interval," and change the axis maximum limit to 12,000 and the major tick interval to 2000.

7.Click the Color button in the Change toolbar to change the graph background to light blue.
8.Then, copy a section of your analysis results table and paste it onto your graph. Remember, if your data changes this pasted table will update as well.

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