in which you choose with pop-down menus what basic chart type you want. You are then presented with a dialog box. When you are ready to graph your data, just highlight the data you wish to graph and click on the Plot button on the left side of the Data Sheet. You cem format numbers in a variety of formats, including currency, percent, scientific and engineering. You can also have multiple Data Sheets for a file, so you could keep all data sets from one project or experiment together, for example. On a Data Sheet you have a Note window available to comment your data for future reference. DeltaGraph can directly import data from Excel 2.2, Cricket Graph, Trapeeze, SYLK, WKS, as well as Tab and Comma delimited text files. While DeltaGraph does allow some basic functions for data manipulation, any real sophisticated number-crunching should be done with a spreadsheet program.
The first row and first column are reserved for labelling your data (these are conveniently marked “label” so it’s hard to forget this). DeltaGraph supports 10,000 data points per series. You enter your data on this sheet just like you would in a spreadsheet. When you first start DeltaGraph, you are presented with a “Data Sheet” which is similar to a spreadsheet. Now that we have that out of the way, let’s get down to specifics. In fact, it asses the “10-minute software test” with flying colors (you know, the test where you work with the software for 10 minutes to see if you can figure out how to use it). Yet, its power doesn’t sacrifice ease of use. DeltaGraph has to be about the most complete graphing software available for the Mac today. If you hate reading long reviews, here’s the bottom line.
DeltaGraph is a recent entry in the graphing software market from DeltaPoint, Inc.