Graphing Pictures on the Coordinate Plane

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Graphing Pictureson the Coordinate Plane

• (Using a Spreadsheet)

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Go to Microsoft Paint
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From the Edit menu select Paste From...
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Select the picture you want to draw and click on
Open.
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(No Transcript)
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Center your drawing on the screen.
Click on Start and bring up MS Word.
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From the Table menu select Insert.
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Try 35 columns and 30 rows.
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From the View menu select Zoom.
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Try 170.
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The idea is to fill your screen with the grid...
before you type Print Screen on the keyboard...
which places your grid on the clipboard.
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Restore Microsoft Paint
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Deselect Draw Opaque from the Image menu.
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Select Paste from the Edit menu.
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The result is a grid superimposed over your
drawing.
The grid can be moved to suit you.
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Use lines from Autoshapes to draw x- and
y-axes.
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Print the gridded picture.
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Highlight points with integral coordinates, i.e.,
are at gridline intersections.
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• Open a new spreadsheet in
• Microsoft Works

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-5
-9
-5
-5
-4
-2
-4
0
-5
2
-6
3
3
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• Enter the coordinates of the
• gridded picture.

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-5
-9
-5
-5
-4
-2
-4
0
-5
2
-6
3
3
-7

• Highlight the coordinates.

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• From the Tools Menu...

Select Create New Chart
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Select X-Y Scatter Chart Type
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From the Format Menu ...
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From the Format Menu ...
Select Shading and Color.
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Select a solid Line Style.
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Select Format and your points connect.
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Adjusting coordinates...
will yield better results.