Format Stock dialog

This dialog appears when you double-click a stock of a chart, or right-click it and select Format Stock from the shortcut menu. It helps you to format stocks 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 general format of the stock chart. See the tab.

Stock Line

Specifies properties for the stock lines.

Stock Bar

Specifies properties for stock bars of an Open-High-Low-Close stock chart, which requires four series of values in this order.

Border tab

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

Color

Specifies the color of the border. 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.

Thickness

Specifies the weight 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 border line.

Data Label tab

Specifies properties for data labels displayed on the stock chart. See the tab.

Static Data Label

Specifies properties of the static data labels. Not supported on stock chart.

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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