Conditional Formatting dialog

This dialog appears when you select a field/geographic map and then click Format > Conditional Formatting on the menu bar, or click the Conditional Formatting button on the toolbar, or right-click the field/geographic map and select Conditional Formatting from the shortcut menu. It helps you to add some conditional formats to values of the selected field or markers of specific group levels in a geographic map. The options in the dialog varies according to different source it is opened from.

When you select a field to open the dialog, the options in the dialog are as follows. See the dialog.

Condition

Displays all the conditions you have already added.

• 
  Adds a new condition in the Edit Conditions dialog.
• 
  Edits the selected condition.
• 
  Removes the selected condition.
• Priority
  Specifies the priority of each condition.
  • High
    Moves a condition up for a higher priority.
  • Low
    Moves a condition down for a lower priority.

Format

Specifies the format which will be applied to the field values when the specified condition is fulfilled.

• Font
  Specifies the font type for the field values.
• Border
  Specifies the border line style for the field values.
• Size
  Specifies the font size for the field values.
• Bold
  Specifies whether or not to bold the field values.
• Italic
  Specifies whether or not to make the field values italic.
• Underline
  Specifies whether or not to underline the field values.
• Foreground Color
  Specifies the foreground color for the field values.
• Background Color
  Specifies the background color for the field values.

  To specify the color, click the color image button and select a color swatch or type the hexadecimal value of the desired color (for example, 0xff0000) in the text box directly. If the color swatches cannot meet your requirement, you can click More Colors to open the Pick a Color dialog, with which you can set a full range of color.

• Sample Text
  Displays a preview sample of your selection.

OK

Applies the changes and closes the dialog.

Cancel

Cancels the changes and exits the dialog.

Help

Displays the help document about this feature.

When you select a geographic map to open the dialog, the options in the dialog are as follows. See the dialog:

Geographic Map

Lists all the group levels in the geographic map.

Condition

Displays all the conditions you have already added.

• 
  Adds a new condition in the Edit Conditions dialog.
• 
  Edits the selected condition.
• 
  Removes the selected condition.
• Priority
  Specifies the priority of each condition.
  • High
    Moves a condition up for a higher priority.
  • Low
    Moves a condition down for a lower priority.

Marker

Specifies the properties of the marker. Available only when there is at least one condition in the Condition box.

• Image
  Specifies the image of the marker. Input the URL for a web image or click Browse button to specify a local image.
  • Width
    Specifies the width of the foreground image in inches or centimeters.
  • Height
    Specifies the height of the foreground image in inches or centimeters.
• Shadow
  Specifies the shadow image of the marker. Input the URL for a web image or click Browse button to specify a local image. Only available for Google Maps types.
  • Width
    Specifies the width of the shadow image in inches or centimeters.
  • Height
    Specifies the height of the shadow image in inches or centimeters.

Constrain Proportions

Specifies whether to change the width and height for the marker image/shadow at the same time in a certain proportion. If checked, when the width/height is changed, the height/width will also be changed in a certain proportion.

OK

Applies the changes and closes the dialog.

Cancel

Cancels the changes and exits the dialog.

Help

Displays the help document about this feature.

Related topics:

• Adding conditional formats to a DBField
• Adding conditional formats to geographic map markers