Format Bubble Gauge dialog for library component

This dialog appears when you double-click a bubble gauge of a chart in a library component, or right-click it and then select Format Bubble Gauge from the shortcut menu. It enables you to format bubble gauges in a gauge 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 bubble gauge chart. See the tab.

Option

Value

Specifies the minimum and maximum values for the color range. The values will be equally divided into three ranges, each of which will be filled with the color you specify in the Color Range box automatically. Values beyond the minimum and maximum will be filled with grey color by default. Applied only when you do not specify ranges for the values in the Color Range box.

Color Range

Specifies different colors to fill the bubble gauges in different ranges.

Border tab

Specifies properties for border of the bubbles, 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 of the border. The default value is solid, and cannot be changed.

Color

Specifies the color of the border. 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 the border.

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 border line.

Data Label tab

Specifies properties for data labels displayed on the bubble gauges. See the tab.

Static Data Label

Specifies properties of the static data labels. Not supported on gauge chart.

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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