# Any graphing programs available online?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-graphing-programs-available-online/82845>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 20, 2001, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-graphing-programs-available-online/82845 "2001-09-20T18:27:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-graphing-programs-available-online/82845/1 "2001-09-20T18:27:47Z")

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I don’t have Excel, and I need a cheap little graphing program for pie charts, bar charts, scattergrams, etc., to do some homework.

Anyone know of a place I can d/l something like that?

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**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-graphing-programs-available-online/82845/2 "2001-09-20T20:16:08Z")

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No PowerPoint either? Or you can also use Word - go to Insert/Picture/Chart. You can then change the type of chart to the one you want.

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**Author:** ![Firx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Firx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Firx)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-graphing-programs-available-online/82845/3 "2001-09-20T20:51:01Z")

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Try kaleidagraph. You can download a demo [here](http://www.synergy.com/). I’ve used it and it should be fine for the things you’ve mentioned. Plus, the demo is free.

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**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-graphing-programs-available-online/82845/4 "2001-09-20T21:01:06Z")

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Another thing you could try is Sphygmic Software Spreadsheet. It’s free:

[http://www.sphygmic.com/sssheet.htm](http://www.sphygmic.com/sssheet.htm)

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2001, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-graphing-programs-available-online/82845/5 "2001-09-20T22:39:32Z")

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What type of computer? You can try [download.com](http://download.com) they have a huge software selection.

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**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2001, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-graphing-programs-available-online/82845/6 "2001-09-21T02:24:37Z")

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Thanks, folks. That was exactly what I needed.

You guys rock.