Format Indicator dialog for report

This dialog appears when you double-click an indicator of a chart in a page report or web report, or right-click it and then select Format Indicator from the shortcut menu. It enables you to format the indicators in an indicator chart, and consists of the following tabs:

• General tab
• Border tab
• Data Label tab

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 the help document about this feature.

General tab

The options in the tab differ with value types of the indicator chart: Boolean type, or String/Numeric type.

General tab for Boolean type values

Specifies the general properties of the indicators. See the tab.

Option

• Left Margin
  Specifies the gap between the left labels and the left indicators, in pixels.
• Top Margin
  Specifies the gap between the top labels and the top indicators, in pixels.
• Range Radius
  Specifies the relative size of an indicator in a percentage of the total indicator size.

Color Range

Specifies different colors or images to fill the indicators.

• Show Image
  Specifies whether to use images instead of colors to represent the values. If checked, you can select an image to represent a specified value, and the color setting in the Color column will be ignored.
• Value
  Lists the value for the indicator chart.
• Color
  Specifies the color schema for the value. Click in the color cell 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, or click More Fill Effects to customize in the Fill Effects dialog.
• Image
  Specifies the image to represent the value.
• Name
  Specifies the name of the value.

Show Category Label

Specifies whether to show the category labels for the indicators. The label displays the category value each indicator represents.

General tab for String/Numeric type values

Specifies the general properties of the indicators. See the tab.

Option

Specifies the options for the indicators.

• Left Margin
  Specifies the gap between the left labels and the left indicators, in pixels.
• Top Margin
  Specifies the gap between the top labels and the top indicators, in pixels.
• Range Radius
  Specifies the relative size of an indicator in a percentage of the total indicator size.

Value

Specifies the maximum and minimum values displayed on the chart. Not supported on indicator chart.

Color Range

Specifies different colors or images to fill the indicators.

• Show Image
  Specifies whether to use images instead of colors to represent the value ranges. If checked, the color setting in the Color column will be ignored.
• 
  Adds a new value range.
• 
  Removes the selected value range.

• Minimum
  Specifies the minimum value of the range.
• Maximum
  Specifies the maximum value of the range.
• Color
  Specifies the color schema of the value range. Click in the color cell 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, or click More Fill Effects to customize in the Fill Effects dialog.
• Image
  Specifies the image to represent the value range.
• Name
  Specifies the name of the value range.
• Others
  Specifies the properties for values that do not fall into any of the ranges you have defined.
  • Name
    Specifies the name for the values.
  • Color
    Specifies the color for the values.

    To change the color, 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 #.

  • Image
    Specifies the image to represent the values.

Show Category Label

Specifies whether to show the category labels for the indicators. The label displays the category value each indicator represents.

Border tab

Specifies the properties for border of the indicators, which take effect only when the Border property on chart paper is set to true in the Report Inspector and the indicators are not represented by images. See the tab.

Style

Specifies the style of the indicators.

Line Style

Specifies the line style to apply to the border.

Thickness

Specifies the thickness of the border, in pixels.

Color

Specifies the color of the border.

To change the color, 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.

Sample

Displays a preview sample of your selection.

Data Label tab

Specifies the properties for data labels on the indicators. See the tab.

Static Data Label

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

Font

Specifies the font format of text in the data labels.

• Font list
  Lists all the available font faces that can be selected to apply to the text.
• Font Size
  Specifies the font size of the text.
• Font Color
  Specifies the font color of the text.

  To change the color, 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, or click More Fill Effects to customize in the Fill Effects dialog. You can also input the hexadecimal value of a color directly in the text box after #.

• Transparency
  Specifies the transparency of the text.
• Rotation
  Specifies the rotation angle of the text around its center, in degrees. The default value is 0.
• Shearing
  Specifies the gradient of the text.

Effects

Specifies the special effects of text in the data labels.

• Style
  Specifies the font style of the text. It can be one of the following: plain, bold, italic, and bold italic.
• Strikethrough
  Specifies the style of the horizontal line with which the text is struck through. It can be one of the following: none, thin line, bold line, and double lines.
• Underline
  Specifies the style of the horizontal line under the text. It can be one of the following: none, single, single lower, bold line, bold lower, double lines, bold double, patterned line, and bold patterned.
• Superscript
  Raises the text above the baseline and changes the text to a smaller font size, if a smaller size is available.
• Embossed
  Makes the text appear to be raised off the page in relief.
• Outlined
  Displays the inner and outer borders of each character.
• Subscript
  Lowers the text below the baseline and changes the text to a smaller font size, if a smaller size is available.
• Engraved
  Makes the text appear to be imprinted or pressed into the page.
• Shadowed
  Adds a shadow beneath and to the right of the text.

Related topics:

• Formatting the indicators