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Format Label Dialog Box Properties
You can use the Format Label dialog box to format labels in a chart. This topic describes the options in the dialog box.
This topic contains the following sections:
OK
Applies the settings and closes this dialog box.
Cancel
Cancels the settings and closes this dialog box.
Help
Displays the help document about this feature.
General Tab Properties
This tab shows some general information of the label.
Name
Specifies the display name of the label.
Show NLS Value
Select this option to show the translated name for the display name of the object in the Name text box if you have enabled the NLS feature and translated it.
If you select this option, it takes effect only when you have not modified the display name of the object.
Text
Specifies the label text.
X
Specifies the X coordinate of the label.
Y
Specifies the Y coordinate of the label.
Width
Specifies the width of the label.
Height
Specifies the height of the label.
Alignment
Specifies the alignment mode of the chart label.
Fill Type
Specifies the type for filling the label.
Color
Indicates the background color of the label.
To change the color, select the color indicator to specify a new color in the Select Color dialog box, or type a color string in the format #RRGGBB. If you want to make the background transparent, type Transparent in the text box.
Transparency
Specifies the transparency of the label background color.
Border Tab Properties
This tab shows information about borders of the label.
Line Style
Specifies the style of the label borders.
Border Type
Specifies the border type.
Color
Specifies the color of the label borders.
Transparency
Specifies the color transparency of the label borders.
Thickness
Specifies the thickness of the label borders.
Font Tab Properties
This tab shows the font-related information of the label.
Font
Specifies the font face of the label text.
Size
Specifies the font size of the label text.
Fill Type
Specifies the fill type of the label text.
Color
Specifies the color of the label text.
Transparency
Specifies the color transparency of the label text.
Font Style
Specifies the font style of the label text.
Font Effect
Specifies the font effect of the label text.
Font Underline
Specifies the style of the line under the label text.
Font Strikeout
Specifies whether to attach a strikeout line to the label text.
Font Rotation
Specifies the rotation angle of the label around its center, in degrees.
Font Shearing
Specifies the shearing transformation of the label around its center, in degrees.
Word Wrap
Specifies whether to enable word wrapping for the label text.