Chart Tools Gallery Dialog Box - Other Tab
Use the Other tab to add tools to your chart, including annotations. The Other tab contains the following tools:
3D Grid Transpose
Swaps the X and Z coordinates to rotate the series through 90 degrees. This is unused by HAMMER CONNECT.
Annotation
Lets you add text to the chart. After you have added the Annotation tool to your graph, you can modify the following settings:
| Options Tab | |
| Text | Lets you enter the text you want for your annotation. |
| Text alignment | Sets the alignment of the text inside the annotation box. |
| Cursor | Lets you set the style of the cursor when you move it over the annotation. |
| Position Tab | |
| Auto | Lets you select a standard annotation position. |
| Custom | Lets you select a custom position for the annotation. Select this check box to override the Auto setting and enable the Left and Top controls. |
| Left/Top | Lets you set a position from the Left and Top edges of the graph tab for the annotation. |
| Callout Tab | |
| Border | Lets you set up the leader line. The Border Editor opens, see Border Editor Dialog Box. |
| Pointer | Lets you set up the arrow head (if any) used by the leader line. The Pointer dialog box opens, see Pointer Dialog Box. |
| Position | Sets the position of the callout. |
| Distance | Lets you set the distance between the leader line and the graph of the selected series. |
| Arrow head | Lets you select the kind of arrow head you want to add to the leader line. |
| Size | Lets you set the size of the arrow head. |
| Format Tab | |
| Color | Lets you set a color for the fill of the boxes. The Color Editor opens, see Color Editor Dialog Box. |
| Frame | Lets you define the outline of the boxes. The Border Editor opens. |
| Pattern | Lets you set a pattern for the fill of the boxes. The Hatch Brush Editor opens, see Hatch Brush Editor Dialog Box. |
| Round Frame | Lets you round the corners of the boxes. Select this check box to round the corners of the shape. |
| Transparent | Lets you set the fill of the boxes as transparent. If the shape is completely transparent, you cannot see it, so clear this check box if you cannot see a shape that you expect to see |
| Transparency | Lets you set transparency for the boxes, where 100 is completely transparent and 0 is completely opaque. |
| Text Tab | |
| Font | Lets you set the font properties for text. This opens the Windows Font dialog box. |
| Color | Lets you select the color for the text font. Double-click the colored square between Font and Fill to open the Color Editor dialog box. |
| Fill | Lets you set a pattern for the text font. The Hatch Brush Editor opens. |
| Shadow | Lets you set a shadow for the text. Visible —Lets you display a shadow for the text. Select this check box to display the shadow. Size —Lets you set the location of the shadow. Use larger numbers to offset the shadow by a large amount. Color —Lets you set a color for the shadow. You might set this to gray but can set it to any other color. The Color Editor opens. Pattern —Lets you set a pattern for the shadow. The Hatch Brush Editor opens. Transparency —Lets you set transparency for your shadow, where 100 is completely transparent and 0 is completely opaque. |
| Gradient Tab | |
| Format | Format —Lets you set up the gradient’s properties. Visible —Sets 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 | Lets you set the colors used for your gradients. The Start, Middle, and End selections open the Color Editor, see Color Editor Dialog Box. Start —Lets you set the starting color for your gradient. 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. End —Lets you select the final color for your gradient. 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 | Lets you control the affect of the start and end colors on the gradient, the middle color is not used. Sigma —Lets you use the options controls. Select this check box to use the controls in the Options tab. Sigma Focus —Lets you set the location on the chart background of the gradient’s end color. Sigma Scale —Lets you control how much of the gradient’s end color is used by the gradient background. |
| Shadow Tab | |
| Visible | Lets you display a shadow. 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. You might set this to gray but can set it to any other color. The Color Editor opens. |
| Pattern | Lets you set a pattern for the shadow. The Hatch Brush Editor opens. |
| Transparency | Lets you set transparency for your shadow, where 100 is completely transparent and 0 is completely opaque. |
| Bevels Tab | |
| Bevel Outer | Lets you set a raised or lowered bevel effect, or no bevel effect, for the outside of the legend. |
| 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 legend. |
| Size | Lets you set a thickness for the bevel effect that you use; inner and outer bevels use the same size value. |
Page Number
Lets you add a page number annotation.
Rotate
Lets you rotate the chart by dragging. After you have added the Rotate tool to your graph, you can modify the following settings:
| Inverted | Reverses the direction of the rotation with respect to the direction you move the mouse. |
| Style | Lets you rotate horizontally, vertically, or both. Rotation is horizontal rotation about a vertical axis, whereas elevation is vertical rotation about a horizontal axis. |
| Outline | Lets you set the outline. The Border Editor opens, see Border Editor Dialog Box. |