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Re: Mathematica 8 install - ListPlot not working

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg116347] Re: Mathematica 8 install - ListPlot not working
• From: Bill Rowe <readnews at sbcglobal.net>
• Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 04:18:16 -0500 (EST)

On 2/10/11 at 5:22 AM, canopus56 at yahoo.com (Canopus56) wrote:

>I have installed Mathematica 8 on a Windows 7 laptop.  I tried to do
>ListPlot of data, but instead of plotting, Mathematica displays a
>grey radio box with the word ListPlot in it.  In the function,
>ListPlot is black and appears to be recognized.  How do I get this
>to work?  I understand that in Mathematica 8, ListPlot is built-in
>and does not require a separate package.

That is correct.

>I am working in a project directory and not the Mathematica directory.

That shouldn't matter. How about posting a snippet of the data
you are trying to plot and what you tried that resulted in the
grey box you describe? Then someone here can probably determine
the issue and tell you what you need to do.