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:

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.

Alignment

Specifies the alignment format for text and 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.

Line Joint

Specifies the line joint style for the border line.

Path

Specifies the fill pattern of the border line.

Dash

Specifies the dash size of border line.

Font tab

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

Font

Specifies the font format of label text.

Effects

Specifies the special effects of the label 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.

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