Format Radar dialog

This dialog appears when you double-click radar in a chart, or right-click it and select Format Radar from the shortcut menu. It helps you to format radars in 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 radar chart. See the tab.

Options

Line

Arrow Style

Specifies the style for arrows on the lines.

Fill tab

Specifies the color, fill effect and transparency for the radar areas. See the tab.

Color

Specifies the color schema for the selected radar areas in the same data series. 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 schema.

Color List

Opens the Color List dialog to modify color pattern for radar areas in the same data series.

Sample

Displays a preview sample of your selection.

Border tab

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

Color

Specifies the color for border of the radar. 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 for color of the border.

Line Style

Specifies the line style to apply to border of the radar.

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 radar. See the tab.

Static Data Label

Specifies properties of the static data labels on the radar.

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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