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Format Paper Dialog Box

You can use the Format Paper dialog box to format the paper of a chart. This topic describes the options in the dialog box.

Designer displays the Format Paper dialog box when you right-click any chart element and select Format Paper from the shortcut menu, or double-click the paper of a chart.

The dialog box contains the following tabs:

• General Tab (for 2-D charts)
• Rotation Tab (for 3-D charts)
• Fill Tab
• Border Tab

You see these buttons in the tabs:

OK

Select to apply your settings and close the dialog box.

Cancel

Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

Apply

Select to apply all changes and leave the dialog box open.

Help

Select to view information about the dialog box.

General Tab

Designer displays the General tab if the chart is a 2-D chart. You can use it to specify the general properties of the chart paper.

Scale X

Specify to scale up or down the display size of the chart along the X axis. You can either drag the slider to specify the scaling ratio or type the ratio in the text box.

Scale Y

Specify to scale up or down the display size of the chart along the Y axis. You can either drag the slider to specify the scaling ratio or type the ratio in the text box.

Constraint Proportion

Select to apply the same scaling ratio for both the X and Y axes.

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Rotation Tab

Designer displays the Rotation tab if the chart is a 3-D chart. You can use it to specify the rotation properties for formatting the 3-D chart paper.

Preview box

This box displays a preview of your settings.

Select to rotate the chart on the basis of the X, Y, and Z axes.

Select and type the rotation angle in the text box to rotate the chart just on the basis of the X axis.

Select and type the rotation angle in the text box to rotate the chart just on the basis of the Y axis.

Select and type the rotation angle in the text box to rotate the chart just on the basis of the Z axis.

Width

Specify the scaling ratio for the width of the paper. You can either drag the slider to specify the ratio or type the ratio in the text box.

Height

Specify the scaling ratio for the height of the paper. You can either drag the slider to specify the ratio or type the ratio in the text box.

Depth

Specify the scaling ratio for the depth of the paper. You can either drag the slider to specify the ratio or type the ratio in the text box.

Constraint Proportion

Select to apply the same scaling ratios for the width, height, and depth of the paper.

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Fill Tab

Use this tab to specify the color pattern to fill the chart paper.

Color

Specify the color to fill the paper. To edit the color, select the color indicator and select a color from the color palette or type the hexadecimal value of a color (for example, 0xff0000) in the text box.

Transparency

Specify the transparency of the color to fill the paper.

Sample

This box displays a preview sample based on your selections.

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Border Tab

Use this tab to specify the properties for the border of the chart paper.

Border Type

Select the type of the border.

• none
  Select if you do not want to show the border.
• raised
  Select to show 3-D border which appears as if it is raised off the page.
• recess
  Select to show 3-D border which appears as if it is pressed into the page.
• shadow
  Select to show two shadowed borders, beneath and to the right of the object.
• solid
  Select to use single-line border.

Color

Specify the color of the border. To edit the color, select the color indicator and select a color from the color palette or type the hexadecimal value of a color (for example, 0xff0000) in the text box.

Transparency

Specify the transparency for the color of the border.

Line Style

Select the line style of the border.

Thickness

Specify the width of the border, in pixels.

End Caps

Select the ending style of the border line.

• butt
  Select to end unclosed sub paths and dash segments with no added decoration.
• round
  Select to end unclosed sub paths and dash segments with a round decoration that has a radius equal to half of the width of the pen.
• square
  Select to end unclosed sub paths and dash segments with a square projection that extends beyond the end of the segment to a distance equal to half of the line width.

Line Joint

Select the joint style of the border line.

• miter
  Select to join path segments by extending their outside edges until they meet.
• round
  Select to join path segments by rounding off the corner at a radius of half the line width.
• bevel
  Select to join path segments by connecting the outer corners of their wide outlines with a straight segment.

Sample

This box displays a preview sample based on your selections.

Path

You can specify the fill pattern of the border in this box.

• Outline Path
  Select to use outline path for the border.
• Fill Path
  Select to use whole path for the border.

Dash

You can specify the dash size of the border in this box if you select a dash line style for the border.

• Auto Adjust Dash
  Select to adjust the dash size automatically.
• Fixed Dash Size
  Select to use fixed dash size.

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