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What's on this page…
Creating a Quick Profile
To create a quick profile of tables and graphs for a particular
geographic area and cancer site, follow the procedures below.
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Select the data you want to display in the drop down
boxes on the home page. |
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Click on the Generate Profile button located
under the drop down lists. The home page will be replaced with a set
of tables and graphs containing the data you selected. |
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Customizing the Individual Tables and
Graphs
Each table and graph in the Quick Profile can be modified. To modify one
of the tables or graphs, follow the procedure below.
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Display the table or graph by selecting it from the
list of table and graph names located near the top of the Quick Profiles
page. |
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Click on the Modify button located to the right
of the table or graph. The table or graph will be opened in a new browser window. |
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Follow the procedures for the table or graph selected.
If you are not sure how to modify the table or graph displayed, click
on the Tutorial link to the right of the table or graph. |
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Learning More about a Table or Graph
Explanations are available to help you understand the tables and graphs.
To see these explanations, follow the procedure below.
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Display the table or graph by selecting it from the
list of table and graph names located near the top of the Quick Profiles
page. |
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Click on the About this Table (or Graph)
button located to the right of the table or graph. A new window will
appear containing an explanation of what's on this table or graph
and where the data came from. |
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Accessing the Underlying Data for a
Graph
The data that was used to create the graphs is available. To view this
data, follow the procedure below.
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Display the graph by selecting it from the list of graph
names located near the top of the Quick Profiles page. |
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Click on the Data Table button located to the
right of the table or graph. The data table used to create the graph
will appear in a new browser window. |
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Copying a Table or Graph into another
Program
You cannot copy the entire Quick Profile at once, but you can copy a table
or graph into another program such as Word or PowerPoint. To copy a table
or graph into another program, use the following procedure.
For Tables
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Display the table by selecting it from the list of table
names located near the top of the Quick Profiles page. |
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Put your cursor near the top of the table to the left
of the title. |
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Hold the left mouse button down and drag the mouse to
the bottom of the table. Be careful not to go too far or the entire
page will be selected. |
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Release the left mouse button, point to part of the
highlighted area, and click with the right mouse button |
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Select Copy from the pop-up menu. |
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Open the destination program (e.g., PowerPoint, Word,
Word Perfect). |
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Select Paste from the File menu, press Ctrl-V,
or right click and select Paste from the pop-up menu. |
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For Graphs
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Display the graph by selecting it from the list of graph names located
near the top of the Quick Profiles page. |
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Right mouse click on the graph. |
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Select Copy from the pop-up menu. |
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Open the destination program (e.g., PowerPoint, Word, Word Perfect). |
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Select Paste from the File menu, press Ctrl-V, or
right click and select Paste from the pop-up menu. |
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Interpreting a Table or Graph
A text description has been provided to assist in understanding each table
or graph. To view this explanation, follow the procedure below.
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Display the table or graph by selecting it from the
list of table and graph names located near the top of the Quick Profiles
page. |
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Click on the Interpret link located to the right
of the table or graph. The text description will appear in a new browser
window. |
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Some of the table may still be split across pages, depending
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Printing the Profile
If you try to print the entire Quick Profile, some of the tables and graphs
may be split across pages. To avoid this problem, you can print each of
the tables and graphs in the Quick Profile by following the procedure
below.
Printing a Table or Graph with a print preview
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Display the table or graph you would like to print by
selecting it from the list of table and graph names located near the
top of the Quick Profiles page. |
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Click on the Printable View button located to
the right of the table or graph. The table or graph will be opened
in the page where it was created. A new browser window will appear
containing only the table or graph. |
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Select Print within your browser or press the
print button. |
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Printing a Graph without a print preview
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Display the graph you would like to print by
selecting it from the list of graph names located near the
top of the Quick Profiles page. |
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Right click on the graph and select the Print
Picture... option from the pop-up menu. A print dialog box will
appear. |
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Click on the Print button. |
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Some of the table may still be split across pages, depending
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