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:

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

Color Range

Specifies different colors or images to fill the indicators.

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.

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 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.

Effects

Specifies the special effects of text in the data labels.

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