Making graphs transparent in IBM SPSS Statistics
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- 2. Copyright ©2020 Version 1. All rights reserved. SPSS Analytics Partner is part of Version 1 2 Tech Tips Why make SPSS Graphs transparent? • By default SPSS charts have a grey chart area with a white background • If you are creating a power point presentation that has a certain style or theme and you want your graph to fit into this style you can make the whole chart transparent
- 3. Copyright ©2020 Version 1. All rights reserved. SPSS Analytics Partner is part of Version 1 3 • Outer frame - Frame around all of the elements • Text box - The title in the previous slide • Data frame - Frame around the axis titles, axis labels, and data • Inner frame - The part of the chart that displays the actual data • Legend frame - Frame around the legend Tech Tips Graph/Chart Layouts
- 4. Copyright ©2020 Version 1. All rights reserved. SPSS Analytics Partner is part of Version 1 4 • We will use the sample file “dietstudy.sav” • Located in C:Program FilesIBMSPSSStatistics*VersionSampl esEnglish *Version: Your SPSS Statistics Version, e.g. 20, 21, 22,… • Firstly we will create a simple scatter plot • Graphs -> Chart Builder -> ScatterDot -> Simple Scatter Tech Tips First create a chart
- 5. Copyright ©2020 Version 1. All rights reserved. SPSS Analytics Partner is part of Version 1 5 • In the output viewer you can double click on a graph and it will open the chart editor • This can also be done by right clicking and selecting edit content – in separate window • In the chart editor we can edit the graphs appearance Tech Tips Viewing the Graph
- 6. Copyright ©2020 Version 1. All rights reserved. SPSS Analytics Partner is part of Version 1 6 • To make the chart area transparent you need to select the data frame • There is always a yellow frame around something when it has been selected • To make the chart area transparent (instead of grey) select the fill colour button Tech Tips Making the chart area transparent
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- 9. Copyright ©2020 Version 1. All rights reserved. SPSS Analytics Partner is part of Version 1 9 Tech Tips Making the whole graph transparent • To make the graph transparent you first need to select the outer frame • There is always a yellow frame around something when it has been selected • To make the entire chart transparent select fill colour button
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- 11. Copyright ©2020 Version 1. All rights reserved. SPSS Analytics Partner is part of Version 1 11 Tech Tips How to paste the transparent chart into a presentation • To paste the transparent graph into powerpoint ensure you copy it from SPSS as a Metafile • When pasting into powerpoint select “Paste Special”
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