Import and Modify a Simple Network with Gephi

The following figure shows the standard main window of Gephi without any loaded graphs.

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The main window contains three tabs: Overview (for interactive network creation and exploration), Data Laboratory (for text and numeric editing and research), and Preview (for presentation-quality visualization). We will start in the Overview tab, then briefly stop at the Data Laboratory, and finish in the Preview.

The default Overview tab has four empty windows. The upper-left window, Appearance, is in charge of rendering. You will use it to control node and edge presentation properties. The lower-left window, ...

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