Format Pie dialog for report

This dialog appears when you double-click a pie of a chart in a page report or web report, or right-click it and select Format Pie from the shortcut menu. It helps you to format pies 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 options which are available when you format a pie chart. See the tab.

Option

Fill tab

Specifies the color, fill effect and transparency for the pie sections. See the tab.

Use Single Color

If checked, the pie sections will use the single color pattern.

Use Single Color with Condition

If checked, each pie section can have its single color pattern based on defined conditions. You can click the Advanced or Normal button to switch between the two editing modes to edit the conditions.

Use Multiple Colors with Condition

Not supported on pie chart.

Sample

Displays a preview sample of your selection.

Border tab

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

Color

Specifies the color for the border of the pies. 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 of the pies.

Thickness

Specifies the weight of the border.

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 pies. See the tab.

Static Data Label

Specifies properties of the static data labels on the pies.

Font

Specifies the font format of text in the data labels.

Effects

Specifies the special effects of text in the data labels.

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