Open a Fathom Sample Document
Open a Fathom Sample Document |
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Getting Started > Getting Data > Open a Fathom Sample Document Fathom comes with several hundred sample documents. Most are collections of data; some demonstrate simulation techniques. For convenience, Fathom has a separate command for opening the Sample Documents folder.
1. Choose File | Open Sample Document. You get a standard dialog box open to the Sample Documents folder.
In Sample Documents are folders with documents for learning about Fathom (for example, Tutorial Starters contains documents you need to follow the guided tutorials, and Fathom Techniques shows some of Fathom’s advanced features), but most folders, such as Science or Sports, are subjects or topics. You could pick an interesting area and explore. See Sample Documents to read about all of Fathom’s sample documents, or choose one of our recommended documents. 2. Navigate to the document you want to open. Recommendations: 3. Double-click the file to open it. In order to graph the data in your sample document, you need to be able to see the data’s attributes (some programs call them variables), to drop them on graph axes. If you can’t see the attribute names, double-click the file’s collection, the box of gold balls, to show its inspector. You are now ready to go to Beginner Graphing, or watch a movie showing how to make graphs: Four Basic Objects-Case Table, Graph, and Summary Table. |
