Format Bullet dialog for library component

The dialog appears when you double-click a bullet of a chart in a library component, or right-click it and select Format Bullet from the shortcut menu. It helps you to format the bullets of a chart, and consists of the four 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 bullet chart. See the tab.

Size

Specifies the size of the bullets in the chart.

Featured Measure Width

Specifies the featured measure width as a percentage of the unit width.

Comparative Measure Width

Specifies the comparative measure width as a percentage of the unit width.

Qualitative Ranges Width

Specifies the qualitative ranges width as a percentage of the unit width.

Fill tab

Specifies the fill properties. See the tab.

Featured Measure Color List

Specifies the featured measure properties.

Comparative Measure Color List

Specifies the comparative measure properties.

Qualitative Ranges Color List

Specifies the qualitative range properties.

Sample

Displays a preview sample of your selection.

Border tab

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

Color

Specifies the color for border of the bullets. 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 bullets.

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 displayed on the bullets. See the tab.

Static Data Label

Specifies properties of the static data labels. Not supported on bullet 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 bullets. 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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