Analyzing Social Media Networks with NodeXL

Chapter 4

Getting Started with NodeXL, Layout, Visual Design, and Labeling

Outline

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Downloading and Installing NodeXL

4.3 Getting Started with NodeXL

4.3.1 Data Entry

4.3.2 Showing the Graph

4.3.3 Highlighting an Edge

4.3.4 Importing an Edge List

4.3.5 Resizing and Moving the Graph Pane

4.4 Layout: Arranging Vertices in the Graph Pane

4.4.1 Automatic Layout

4.4.2 Directed Graph Type

4.4.3 Updating the Graph Pane

4.4.4 Manual Layout

4.4.5 Preserving Manual Layout

4.4.6 Zooming and Scale

4.5 Visual Design: Making Network Displays Meaningful

4.5.1 Vertex Colors

4.5.2 Adding Descriptive Data

4.5.3 Changing Vertex Size (and Other Visual Properties)

4.5.4 Autofilling Columns

4.5.5 Legend

4.5.6 Changing General Graph Appearance ...