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Column Graph

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Contents

Data Requirements

Select one or more Y columns or a range of data from at least one Y column. If the Y column(s) has an associated X column, the X column supplies the X values; otherwise, the worksheet's default X values are used.

Creating the Graph

Select required data.

From the menu, select Plot: Columns/Bars: Column.

or

Click the Column button on the 2D Graphs toolbar.

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Template

COLUMN.OTP (installed to the Origin program folder).

Notes

The Y value of each data point in the data plot is represented as the height of a column. Each column has a fixed width, and each "X group" of columns is centered at the associated X value.

To establish Y=1 as the "floor", or Y value which alters the direction of column graphs displayed on a logarithmic scale, select the Log Scale use 1 as Floor check box on the Graph tab in the Options dialog box (Tools: Options).

To display a line when Y=0, select the Bar Graph Show Zero Values check box on the Graph tab of the Options dialog box Tools: Options).

In some cases, disabling Clip Data to Frame still results in clipping of data in column/bar graphs. If this occurs, Clip Data can be defeated by typing the following line of script into the Script Window and pressing ENTER:

@CLP = 1