How is the mouse used in graph applications?

In addition to the standard Windows mouse conventions for selecting objects, the mouse can be used in many more specialized applications in the graphics window in STATISTICA. The following is a list of representative examples:

OLE. Links or embeds foreign document files to STATISTICA documents by dragging them directly from the desktop or Windows Explorer (across application windows) and dropping them onto STATISTICA Graphs.

Brushing. Highlights data points from the graph by clicking on them with the brushing tool or selecting them with a Box, Lasso, Cube, or a 2D or 3D Slice.

Zoom in and zoom out tools. Zooms in ("magnifies") or zooms out ("shrinks"), respectively, the selected area of the graph.

Drawing tools. Adds rectangles, ovals (or circles), polylines and freehand drawings, arrows, etc. to a graph.

Resizing and moving. Resizes (drag on a "black selection square") or moves (drag the entire object) selected graph objects. For fine adjustments, see Controlling the mouse with the keyboard in graphs, below.

Editing polyline objects. Reshapes individual segments of the polyline drawing by dragging on either the object area black selection squares or any of the black selection squares that mark the line segments. For fine adjustments, see Controlling the mouse with the keyboard in graphs, below.

Rotating text. You can interactively rotate custom text by selecting it in the graph and then dragging one of the object handles (small black squares) in the desired direction. For fine adjustments (1 degree movements), see How do I rotate text?.

Controlling the mouse with the keyboard in graphs. You can also emulate the mouse with the keyboard in order to move or resize an object by selecting the object, placing the mouse pointer over the object, and then using the keyboard cursor keys to move or resize the object.

Note that the mouse pointer will change to the appropriate tool to match the application for which it is being used. Press the ESC key to return the mouse pointer to the default mode.