1. The Overview Panel on Gephi 0.9.1

2. 3. Graph 1. Appearance 4. Context 5. Statistics 6. Filters 2. Layout
To display the network
1. Appearance
To change the size and color of the network according to some values.
4. Context
The context of the network.
5. Statistics
Compute metrics on the network.
6. Filters
To hide or display only part of the network.
2. Layout
Changes how the network is spread on the screen.
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3. 1. Appearance
To change the visual characteristics of nodes, edges, and labels according to some values.
Example:
Choose the attributes of degree to color and resize all nodes. When degree is higher, color of the node gets darker,and size of the node also gets bigger.
color
size
color of text
size of text
To color / resize all nodes and edges uniformly.
The attributes of nodes / edges.
Click “Apply” when the selection is done.
Create a custom curve or pick from built-in curves to change nodes size or color with linear or non-linear spline.
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4. 2. Layout
The purpose of Layout Properties is to let you control the algorithm in order to make a readable representation.
Select one of the layouts in the drop-down menu and apply it to see how the position of nodes is changed.
Example:
Choose “Force Atlas”, a home-brew layout of Gephi, which is made to spatialize Small-World networks.
Click “Stop” to stop the algorithm.
Click “Run” when the set is done.
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5. 2. Layout
Set the “Repulsion strength” at to expand the graph, and remember to type “Enter”.
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6. 3. Graph
To display the network.

7. 3. Graph Thickness of character Select attributes to display as labels
Color of character
Show edges
Edges have source node colors
Show edges labels
Change the background color
Take a screenshot
Show node labels
Thickness of edge
Size mode
Color mode
Font (select Chinese font to display when the label text is Chinese)

8. Nodes’ label

9. 3. Graph Change the node selection size Mouse selection
Rectangle selection
Drag-Manually position nodes
Painter-Manually color nodes
Sizer-Manually resize nodes
Brush-Manually color nodes & neighbors
Node pencil-Manually add new nodes on click
Edge pencil-Manually add new edges on click
Shortest path between clicked nodes
Heat map-Color based on distance
Edit the attributes of the clicked node
Reset zoom and center on the graph
Reset colors
Reset label color
Reset label visibility
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10. 4. Context
Show the context of the network, including the number of nodes and edges and direction of the network.

11. 5. Statistics
To calculate a network/node/edge statistic, click the "Run" button. Once calculated, many measures will be available in the Data Laboratory – and can be used in the visualization.
The filters are applied by dragging and dropping them onto the Queries window below.
Click when the drag is done.
6. Filters
To hide or display only part of the network. Filters based on attributes, edges, operators and topology.You can apply a variety of filters to select specific nodes and/or edges from your network. .
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12. Tips
Find all kinds of windows here, including Appearance, Layout, Graph, Statistics etc.

13. 博客來中文書排行榜 Book recommendation nodes Book recommendation edges
Amazon book recommendation nodes
Amazon book recommendation edges

14. Exercise
Create a movie star network of around 30 individuals using
the oracle of Bacon