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Format Pointer Label Dialog Box Properties

You can use the Format Pointer Label dialog box to format the pointer labels in a gauge chart (excluding bubble gauge chart). This topic describes the properties in the dialog box.

This topic contains the following sections:

• General Tab Properties
• Font Tab Properties
• Format Tab Properties

You see these elements on all the tabs:

OK

Select to apply any changes you made here and exit the dialog box.

Cancel

Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

Help

Select to view information about the dialog box.

General Tab Properties

Specify the general properties of the labels.

Option

Specify the size and position of the labels.

• Width
  Specify the width of the labels, in inches.
• Height
  Specify the height of the labels, in inches.
• X
  Specify the horizontal coordinate of the upper-left corner of the labels, relative to their parent container. This property takes effect when you have selected Show Pointer Value and set Position to customized on the Pointer tab of the gauge's corresponding Format XXX Gauge dialog box.
• Y
  Specify the vertical coordinate of the upper-left corner of the labels, relative to their parent container. This property takes effect when you have selected Show Pointer Value and set Position to customized on the Pointer tab of the gauge's corresponding Format XXX Gauge dialog box.
• Alignment
  Specify the alignment of the label text.
• Word Wrap
  Select to enable the word wrap function for the label text.

Fill

Specify the color and transparency of the labels.

• Color
  Specify the color to fill the labels. To change the color, select the color indicator to access the Select Color dialog box, and then specify a new color. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value to specify a color, for example, #9933ff. If you want to make the background transparent, type Transparent in the text box.
• Transparency
  Specify the transparency to fill the labels.

Border

Specify the border properties of the labels.

• Line Style
  Select the line style of the border.
• Border Type
  Select the type of the border.
• Color
  Specify the color of the border. To change the color, select the color indicator to access the Select Color dialog box, and then specify a new color. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value to specify a color, for example, #9933ff.
• Transparency
  Specify the transparency for the color of the border.
• Thickness
  Specify the thickness of the border, in inches.

Orientation

• Angle
  Specify the rotation angle of the labels.

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Font Tab Properties

Specify the font properties of the label text.

Font

Select the font face of the label text.

Size

Specify the font size of the label text.

Fill Type

Select the fill type of the label text: none, color, texture, and gradient.

Color

Specify the color of the label text. It takes effect when Fill Type on this tab is color.

Font Style

Select the font style of the label text: plain, bold, italic, and bold italic.

Transparency

Specify the color transparency of the label text.

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Format Tab Properties

Specify the data format of the labels. See Format Tab Properties.

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