Panel Tab
Use the Panel tab to set how your graph appears in the Graph dialog box. The Panel tab includes the following sub-tabs:
Borders Tab
Use the Borders tab to set up a border around your graph. The Borders tab contains the following controls:
| Border | Lets you set the border of the graph. The Border Editor opens, see Border Editor Dialog Box. |
| Bevel Outer | Lets you set a raised or lowered bevel effect, or no bevel effect, for the outside of the chart border. |
| Color | Lets you set the color for the bevel effect that you use; inner and outer bevels can use different color values. |
| Bevel Inner | Lets you set a raised or lowered bevel effect, or no bevel effect, for the inside of the chart border. |
| Size | Lets you set a thickness for the bevel effect that you use; inner and outer bevels use the same size value. |
Background Tab
Use the Background tab to set a color or image background for your graph. The Background tab contains the following controls:
| Color | Lets you set a color for the background of your graph. The Color Editor opens, see Color Editor Dialog Box. |
| Pattern | Lets you set a pattern for the background of your graph. The Hatch Brush Editor opens, see Hatch Brush Editor Dialog Box. |
| Transparent | Makes the background of the graph transparent. |
| Background Image | Lets you set an existing image as the background of the graph. Click Browse , then select the image (including .bmp, .tif, .jpg, .png,. and .gif). After you have set a background image, you can remove the image from the graph by clicking Clear . You can control the Style of the background image: Stretch —Resizes the background image to fill the entire background of the graph. Tile —Repeats the background image as many times as needed to fill the entire background of the graph. Center —Puts the background image in the horizontal and vertical center of the graph. Normal —Puts the background image in the top-left corner of the graph. |
Gradient Tab
Use the Gradient tab to create a gradient color background for your graph. The Gradient tab contains the following subtabs and controls:
| Format Tab | |
| Visible | Determines whether a gradient displays or not. Select this check box to display a gradient you have set up, clear this check box to hide the gradient. |
| Direction | Sets the direction of the gradient. Vertical causes the gradient to display from top to bottom, Horizontal displays a gradient from right to left, and Backward/Forward diagonal display gradients from the left and right bottom corners to the opposite corner. |
| Angle | Lets you customize the direction of the gradient beyond the Direction selections. |
| Colors Tab | |
| Start | Lets you set the starting color for your gradient. Opens the Color Editor dialog box. |
| Middle | Lets you select a middle color for your gradient. The Color Editor opens. Select the No Middle Color check box if you want a two-color gradient. Opens the Color Editor dialog box. |
| End | Lets you select the final color for your gradient. Opens the Color Editor dialog box. |
| Gamma Correction | Lets you control the brightness with which the background displays to your screen; select or clear this check box to change the brightness of the background on-screen. This does not affect printed output. |
| Transparency | Lets you set transparency for your gradient, where 100 is completely transparent and 0 is completely opaque. |
| Options Tab | |
| Sigma | Lets you set the location on the chart background of the gradient’s end color. |
| Sigma Focus | Lets you use the options controls. Select this check box to use the controls in the Options tab. |
| Sigma Scale | Lets you control how much of the gradient’s end color is used by the gradient background. |
Shadow Tab
Use the Shadow tab to create a shadow for your graph. The Shadow tab contains the following controls:
| Visible | Lets you display a shadow for your graph. Select this check box to display the shadow, clear this check box to turn off the shadow effect. |
| Size | Set the size of the shadow by increasing or decreasing the numbers for Horizontal and/or Vertical Size. |
| Color | Lets you set a color for the shadow of your graph. You might set this to gray but can set it to any other color. |
| Pattern | Lets you set a pattern for the shadow of your graph. The Hatch Brush Editor opens, see Hatch Brush Editor Dialog Box. |
| Transparency | Lets you set transparency for your shadow, where 100 is completely transparent and 0 is completely opaque. |