Format Label dialog

This dialog appears when you right-click a label of a chart and then select Format Label from the shortcut menu. It helps you to format the titles of a chart, and consists of the following tabs:

• General tab
• Fill tab
• Border tab
• Font tab
• Orientation tab

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 label. See the tab.

Text

Specifies the text of the label.

Icon

Specifies the icon formats.

• Style
  Specifies the style for the icon that will be used in the label. If you don't want to show any icon in the label, you can choose No Icon from the drop-down list.
• Icon Text Gap
  Specifies the distance between the icon and the label text.
• Fill
  Specifies the color to fill the selected icon. 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, or click More Fill Effects to customize in the Fill Effects dialog. You can also input the hexadecimal value of a color directly in the text box after # if you have changed the default color.
• Transparency
  Specifies the transparency of the color that is used to fill the selected icon.
• Width
  Specifies the width of the icon, in pixels.
• Height
  Specifies the height of the icon, in pixels.

Alignment

Specifies the alignment format for text and icons in the label.

• Text
  Specifies the alignment format for text in the label.
• Icon
  Specifies the alignment format for icons in the label.

Fill tab

Specifies the color schema to fill the title of the label. See the tab.

Color

Specifies the color to fill the label. 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, or click More Fill Effects to customize in the Fill Effects dialog. You can also input the hexadecimal value of a color directly in the text box after # if you have changed the default color.

Transparency

Specifies the transparency of the color.

Sample

Displays the specified color and transparency effects.

Border tab

Specifies properties of the label border. See the tab.

Border Style

Specifies the type for border of the label. It could be none, raised, recess, shadow and solid.

Color

Specifies the color for border of the label. 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 #.

Line Style

Specifies the line style to apply to the label border.

Thickness

Specifies the thickness of the label border, in pixels.

Transparency

Specifies the transparency for the color of the label border.

End Caps

Specifies the ending style of the border line.

• Butt
  Ends unclosed sub paths and dash segments with no added decoration.
• Round
  Ends unclosed sub paths and dash segments with a round decoration that has a radius equal to half of the width of the pen.
• Square
  Ends unclosed sub paths and dash segments with a square projection that extends beyond the end of the segment to a distance equal to half of the line width.

Line Joint

Specifies the line joint style for the border line.

• Miter
  Joins path segments by extending their outside edges until they meet.
• Round
  Joins path segments by rounding off the corner at a radius of half the line width.
• Bevel
  Joins path segments by connecting the outer corners of their wide outlines with a straight segment.

Path

Specifies the fill pattern of the border line.

• Outline Path
  Specify the fill pattern of the border line to be outline path.
• Fill Path
  Specify the fill pattern of the border line to be whole path.

Dash

Specifies the dash size of border line.

• Auto Adjusted Dash
  If selected, the dash size will be adjusted automatically.
• Fixed Dash Size
  If selected, the dash size will be fixed size.

Font tab

Specifies the font format of the label text. See the tab.

Font

Specifies the font format of label text.

• Font list
  Lists all the available font faces that can be selected to apply to the text.
• Font Size
  Specifies the font size of the text.
• Font Color
  Specifies the font color of the text. 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, or click More Fill Effects to customize in the Fill Effects dialog. You can also input the hexadecimal value of a color directly in the text box after #.
• Transparency
  Specifies the transparency of the text.
• Rotation
  Specifies the rotation angle of the text around its center, in degrees. The default value is 0.
• Shearing
  Specifies the gradient of the text.

Effects

Specifies the special effects of the label text.

• Style
  Specifies the font style of the text. It can be one of the following: plain, bold, italic, and bold italic.
• Strikethrough
  Specifies the style of the horizontal line with which the text is struck through. It can be one of the following: none, thin line, bold line, and double lines.
• Underline
  Specifies the style of the horizontal line under the text. It can be one of the following: none, single, single lower, bold line, bold lower, double lines, bold double, patterned line, and bold patterned.
• Superscript
  Raises the text above the baseline and changes the text to a smaller font size, if a smaller size is available.
• Embossed
  Makes the text appear to be raised off the page in relief.
• Outlined
  Displays the inner and outer borders of each character.
• Subscript
  Lowers the text below the baseline and changes the text to a smaller font size, if a smaller size is available.
• Engraved
  Makes the text appear to be imprinted or pressed into the page.
• Shadowed
  Adds a shadow beneath and to the right of the text.

Sample

Displays the specified font and any text effects.

Orientation tab

This tab allows you to set the alignment format of the label text and the icon. See the tab.

Orientation

Drag the pointer in the box to specify the alignment format of the label text and the icon.

Angle

Specify the alignment format of the label text and the icon.

Related topics:

• Formatting the labels