Here is a list of questions about Fathom that have come from users. Each question links into the relevant portion of the help system.
When I print, the page breaks in funny places. How can I see the page breaks before I print?
I've just imported some data from the Internet on Olympic records. The attribute "Event" gives distance for each race, 100m, 200, etc. How can I plot these as numeric values (i.e., drop the 'm')?
Fathom makes it easy to change the data. How can I protect the data from being changed?
The data I have in Excel has rows and columns reversed from what Fathom wants. How can I switch them?
The boy's heights were entered in one column and the girls' heights in another. How can I get height in one column and sex in another?
I need to line up the edges of histogram bins with certain values. Dragging the bin boundaries is too clumsy. How can I type in the values I want?
The AP Statistics exam requires that students be able to interpret standard statistical output. Can I get Fathom to produce that?