Format Area dialog for library component

This dialog appears when you double-click an area of a chart in a library component, or right-click it and then select Format Area from the shortcut menu. It helps you to format areas in a chart, and consists of the following tabs:

OK

Applies the changes and closes the dialog.

Cancel

Does not retain any changes and closes the dialog.

Apply

Applies all changes and leaves the dialog open.

Help

Displays this help document.

General tab

Specifies the general format of the 2-D area chart. See the tab.

Layout

Specifies the layout for 2-D areas of the chart.

Depth

Specifies the depth properties for areas of the chart.

High-Low Lines

Specifies whether to show the high-low lines in areas of a chart.

Fill tab

Specifies the color, fill effect and transparency for areas of the chart. See the tab.

Use Single Color

If checked, the selected area will use the single color pattern.

Use Single Color with Condition

Not supported on area chart.

Use Multiple Colors with Condition

If checked, each area can have multiple color patterns based on defined conditions. You can divide each area into different parts based on different value ranges, along the direction of the value axis, and then specify different conditional colors to different value ranges for distinguishing.

Sample

Displays a preview sample of your selection.

Border tab

Specifies properties for border of the areas, which take effect only when the Border property on chart paper is set to true in the Report Inspector. See the tab.

Border Type

Displays the type for border of the areas. Its default value is solid, and cannot be changed.

Color

Specifies the color for border of the areas. Click the color image button to display the color palette in which you can select a color, or click More Colors to customize the color within a wider range in the Pick a Color dialog. You can also input the hexadecimal value of a color directly in the text box after #.

Transparency

Specifies the transparency for color of the border.

Line Style

Specifies the line style to apply to border of the areas.

Thickness

Specifies the thickness of the border, in pixels.

End Caps

Specifies the ending style of the border line.

Line Joint

Specifies the line joint style for the border line.

Sample

Displays a preview sample of your selection.

Path

Specifies the fill pattern of the border line.

Dash

Specifies the dash size of the border line.

Data Label tab

Specifies properties for data labels on areas in the chart. See the tab.

Static Data Label

Specifies properties of the static data labels on the areas. Not supported on 3-D area charts.

Font

Specifies the font format of text in the data labels.

Effects

Specifies the special effects of text in the data labels.

Behaviors tab

Specifies some web behaviors to the areas. See the tab.

Adds a new web behavior line.

Removes the selected web behavior.

Moves the selected web behavior up a step.

Moves the selected web behavior down a step.

Events

Specifies the trigger event.

Actions

Specifies the action you want the event to trigger.

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