Formatting the radar

To format a radar chart, follow the steps below:

  1. Right-click any line which connects two value nodes in the radar chart, and then select Format Radar from the shortcut menu to bring out the Format Radar dialog.
  2. In the General tab, specify the general settings of the radar.

    Set whether or not to show the category name in the radar chart, whether or not to fill the areas formed by value nodes of a same data series in the radar chart, and if to fill, the transparency of the fill. For the lines connecting value nodes, you can set the thickness, the node style, and the node width and height. For the numeric axes, you can set the style for their arrows in the Arrow Style box.

  3. In the Fill tab, set the fill mode for the selected radar areas in the same data series, and the fill mode will also apply to its value node. Click the color image button and select a color swatch to fill the selected radar areas in the same data series, and specify transparency of the color schema (you can also directly type the hexadecimal value of the desired color in the text box). If the color swatches cannot meet your requirement, click More Colors on the color palette to open the Pick a Color dialog, with which you can set a full range of color, or click More Fill Effects to specify the fill effect in the Fill Effects dialog. You can also click the Color List button to specify the color pattern for radar areas in the same data series respectively in the Color List dialog.
  4. In the Border tab, set the border mode for the radars, including the border style, color, transparency, line style, thickness, end caps style, and line joint mode. You can also specify whether the border is to be outlined, and whether or not to automatically resize the border dashes if the border is drawn with dashes.
  5. In the Data Label tab, specify whether or not to show static data labels for every value node, and if to show, the position of the label related to the node. In the Font and Effects boxes, set the font formats and effects of the data labels.
  6. When done, click OK to apply the settings and close the dialog.

See also Format Radar dialog for detailed explanation about options in the dialog.