Marks Tab
Use the Marks tab to display labels for points in the selected series. Series-point labels are called marks. The Marks tab contains the following tabs and controls:
Style Tab
Use the Style tab to set how the marks display. The Style tab contains the following controls:
| Visible | Lets you display marks. |
| Clipped | Lets you display marks outside the graph border. clear this check box to let marks display outside the graph border, or select it to clip the marks to the graph border. |
| Multi-line | Lets you display marks on more than one line. Select this check box to enable multi-line marks. |
| All Series Visible | Lets you display marks for all series. |
| Style | Lets you set the content of the marks. |
| Draw every | Sets the interval of the marks that are displayed. Selecting 2 would display every second mark, and 3 would display every third, etc. |
| Angle | Lets you rotate the marks for the selected series. |
Arrow Tab
Use the Arrow tab to display a leader line on the series graph to indicate where the mark applies. The Arrow tab contains the following controls:
| 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" . |
| 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. |
| Length | Lets you set the size of the leader line and arrow head, or just the leader line if there is no arrow head. |
| Distance | Lets you set the distance between the leader line and the graph of the selected series. |
Format Tab
Use the Format tab to set and format the boxes that contains the marks. The Format tab contains the following controls:
| 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, see "Border Editor Dialog Box" . |
| 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
Use the Text tab to format the text used in the marks. The Text tab contains the following controls:
| Font | Lets you set the font properties for the text. This opens the Windows Font dialog box. |
| Color | Lets you select the color for the text. Double-click the colored square between Font and Fill to open the Color Editor dialog box (see "Color Editor Dialog Box" ). |
| Fill | Lets you set a pattern for the text. The Hatch Brush Editor opens, see "Hatch Brush Editor Dialog Box" . |
| 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 axis label 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
Use the Gradient tab to create a gradient color background for your marks. The Gradient tab contains the following subtabs and controls:
| Format Tab | |
| 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 Tab | |
| 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 Tab | |
| 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
Use the Shadow tab to create a shadow for the marks. The Shadow tab contains the following controls:
| 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, see "Color Editor Dialog Box" . |
| Pattern | Lets you set a pattern for the shadow. 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. |
Bevels Tab
Use the Bevels tab to create a rounded effects for your marks. The Bevels tab contains the following controls:
| Bevel Outer | Lets you set a raised or lowered bevel effect, or no bevel effect, for the background for the selected title. |
| 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 background for the selected title. |
| Size | Lets you set a thickness for the bevel effect that you use; inner and outer bevels use the same size value. |