Charts include many different visual elements. You can customize the appearance of many of these elements and you can rearrange the layout of the chart.
Some of the formatting for a chart, such as the colors of the bars in a bar chart and the background color of the chart, are defined in the original report, and cannot be modified. When viewing the report, you can modify the fonts and font sizes of the chart title and axis labels, and the height and width of the chart. You can hide axis labels, place labels at an angle relative to the axis, and hide the legend to move it in relation to the chart. Depending on the type of chart you are working with, you can also transpose the axes in some cases.
A chart organizes data points into value sets called series. Series can be of two types:
- Category Series — Determines what text, numbers, or dates you see on the x-axis.
- Value Series — Determines the text, numbers, or dates on the y-axis.
A value axis positions data points relative to the axis tick marks. You do not plot text on a value axis. In most charts with axes, the x-axis is the category axis, and the y-axis is the value axis.
The plotting options available for the x- and y-axes can differ in name and function, depending on the chart type. For example, when you modify a meter chart, which has no axes, you define the position of a needle on a dial instead of defining the y-axis. When you modify a pie chart, you define the size of the slices instead of the y-axis.
Using Interactive Viewer, you can change the titles of the axes, modify the scale of the y-axis, and modify the orientation of the labels on the axes. the following table describes these options:
To format a chart:
- Select and right-click the chart. Select Format Chart from the context menu.
- On Format Chart glance, specify the formatting options.
ChartTitle — Add a title for the chart. If you select Auto, Interactive Viewer automatically generates a chart title based on the data in the chart.
Label Font — Select the font, size, color, and background color of the fonts in the chart. You can also select bold, italic, or underline.
Width — Width of the chart in the specified units.
Height — Height of the chart in the specified units.
Border — Select the style, width, and color of the border.
Margin — Change the margins of the chart (in points)
Flip Axis — Select to transpose the x- and y-axes.
Use Glass Style — Select this option to show smooth rounded edges for bars or columns in a chart.
Allow Zoom X
Allow Zoom Y
Legend Show Legend — Select the check box to display the legend and clear it to hide the legend.
Position — If Show Legend is selected, specify the position of the legend relative to the chart.
Category (X) AxisTitle — Provide a title that appears below the x-axis.
Label Font — Select the font, size, color, and background color of the fonts in the chart. You can also select bold, italic, or underline.
Show Labels — Select to show x-axis labels. Deselect to hide x-axis labels.
Labels Angle — If Show Labels is selected, this option places the labels at the specified number of degrees to the x-axis.
Stagger Labels — This option places the labels in a zigzag arrangement to improve readability.
Interval — This value on the x-axis is set to 1 by default, which means every value appears. To display alternate values, set Interval to 2.
Value (Y) AxisY Axis — Specify the column whose values to display on the y-axis.
Title — Provide a title that appears to the left of the y-axis.
Label Font — Select the font, size, color, and background color of the fonts in the chart. You can also select bold, italic, or underline.
Label Font — Select the font, size, color, and background color of the fonts in the chart. You can also select bold, italic, or underline.
Show Labels — Select to show y-axis labels. Deselect to hide y-axis labels.
Labels Angle — If Show Labels is selected, this option places the labels at the specified number of degrees to the y
-axis.
Min — Type a number that represents the lowest value to display on the y-axis. This number appears at the bottom of the y-axis.
Max — Type a number that represents the highest value to display on the y-axis. This number appears at the top of the y-axis.
Step Interval — Type a number that represents the increment between each value.
Export Content
In the Export Content glance:
- Select the export format (Excel, PDF, PostScript, PowerPoint, Word, or XHTML)
- Select the page settings.
- Click OK.
- Click the exported file to open it.
- Click Tap OK