How to make a simple map chart

Let's create a simple colored map chart over the Austrian Bundesländer. Our data consists of the name of the Bundesländer and the total of income tax in that region.

1. Select the data range including the column headers..

2. Select the menu item Insert / EuroOffice Map Chart.

3. In the dialog, make sure that "Data series in rows" and "First row as header" is selected, then click "Next".

4. In the next dialog, select "Europe" as the database to be used. The data range contains "NUTS2 regions", as Bundesländer are NUTS2 level geographical units, according to the European standard.

Display them over "a country" and select "Austria" from the dropdown box. The click "Next >>".

5. In the third dialog box, you can determine whether you want the names of the geographical units to be displayed (check "Captions") and if you want to see the legend of the color coding (check "Legend"). You can give a title for the chart and select a color scheme. Then click "Create". The chart is ready:

6. If you would like to modify any of the settiongs later on, you can always right click the chart with the mouse, and select "Edit EuroOffice Map Chart" command. You will then get the same dialog boxes, make your chages and click "Modify" to see your chages take effect.