What is Cricket Graph 1.x?

Cricket Software has established a solid position in academic circles and industry with an excellent statistical program called StatWorks. Cricket now seems poised for a strong assault on the general business market with Cricket Graph, a presentation graphics package.

Cricket Graph is a very strong program that generates any of 12 different graph types for data entered manually or transferred from other software. In addition to the standard graph types—bar, pie, column, line, scatter and area—Cricket Graph also draws stacked bar and column graphs, polar coordinate graphs, a double-Y graph that overlays two disparate sets of data even if they are computed on different scales, a text graph and a special type of chart for quality control applications. Data in the active data window are graphed simply by pointing at a picture of the desired graph type in the Graph menu. Multiple data and graph windows can be displayed simultaneously.

Cricket Graph can import data from StatWorks, or in SYLK format (used by Excel, Multiplan and Chart and available as an option in Omnis and other programs), text-only format, or via the Clipboard from Jazz and other products. Graph is Switcher-, HFS- and LaserWriter-compatible.

A special feature of Graph is its ability to print in color on the ImageWriter I or II. or on a variety of color plotters (drivers included on the Cricket disk). Depending on the printer or plotter being used. Graph can print in up to 8 colors with up to 16 patterns, for a total of 128 variations in color. The color attached to a particular pattern can be changed by selecting the desired color in a color palette window. Special versions of Graph are available (at $495) for a variety of other color printers and film recorders, and a special version is bundled with the Dunn Macintosh Color system.

User-created graphs can be enhanced. A selection of graphics tools permits the addition of boxes or arrows, and graphs can be saved in PICT format so they can be easily transported into MacDraw. Graphs can also be displayed automatically m a pseudo three-dimensional mode by selecting ADD DEPTH from the Goodies menu.

One of the most powerful features of Graph is its self-generating macro ability. Graph formats (including font and style information for labels, type and style of graph, and color information) can be saved as a macro. The name of the format drops into the Formats menu. A new graph conforming to the saved format can be generated automatically by selecting the format name.

The manual is outstanding, with clear and straightforward explanations and examples. Cricket Graph is a superb program for anyone requiring presentation-quality graphs and charts.

Wesley, Michael D. (June 1986). Cricket Graph. MacUser. (pgs. 37-38).

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Architecture

Motorola 68K

Compatibility notes

Emulating this? It could probably run under: Mini vMac