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Format Bar

The Format Bar dialog box is used to format the bars of a bar chart.

Style

Specifies the style of the bars in the chart.

• Normal
  Specifies to make the bars be quadrate.
• Cylinder
  Specifies to make the bars be columned. It takes effect only when the property Use Depth is selected below.
• Vary Colors
  Specifies whether to make each bar of the chart take a different color schema. It takes effect only for clustered bar types and when the chart has no series field.

Size

Specifies the size of the bars in the chart.

• Bar Width
  Specifies the bar width as a percentage of the unit width.

Depth

Specifies the depth properties for bars of the chart.

• Use Depth
  Specifies whether to make the bars visually three-dimensional.
  • Depth
    Specifies the depth of the bars, in inches.
  • Depth Direction
    Specifies the angle of the axis along the depth of the bars, in degrees.

Static Data Label

Specifies the properties of the static data labels on the bars. Not supported on 3-D bar charts.

• Show Static Data Label
  Specifies whether to show the static data labels on the bars. Only when it is true can the following static data label related properties work.
• Data Label Type
  Specifies in which way to display the data values in the static data labels.
  • percent
    Shows the percentage of each bar to the total.
  • value
    Shows the value for each bar.
  • value and percent
    Shows the value and the percentage for each bar.
• Position
  Specifies the position of the static data labels on the bars.
  • Autofit
    If selected, the static data labels will be displayed automatically.
  • Outside Top
    If selected, the static data labels will be displayed on the outside top of the bars.
  • Inside Top
    If selected, the static data labels will be displayed on the inside top of the bars.
  • Inside Center
    If selected, the static data labels will be displayed at the inside center of the bars.
  • Inside Bottom
    If selected, the static data labels will be displayed at the inside bottom of the bars.
• Auto Arrange
  Specifies whether to display the static data labels inside the bars at the best position. Available only when the static data label's position is set to one of the following: Inside Center, Inside Top and Inside Bottom.
  • true
    The static data labels will be displayed horizontally at the specified position if the bar has enough room horizontally, otherwise, will be displayed vertically. If a bar does not have enough room both vertically and horizontally, its static data label will not be displayed.
  • false
    The static data labels will be displayed at the specified position, and if the labels get overlapping, some of them will not be displayed.
• Auto Scale in Number
  Specifies whether to automatically scale the static data labels that are of the Number data type when the label values fall into the two ranges:
  • When 1000 <= value < 10^15, the following quantity unit symbols of the International System of Units are used to scale the values: K (10^3), M (10^6), G (10^9), and T (10^12).
  • When 0 < value < 0.001 or value >= 10^15, scientific notation is used to scale the values.

  By default it is set to auto which means that the setting follows that of the chart platform.

Graph Border

Specifies the properties for the border of the bars.

• Show Border
  Specifies whether to show the border of the bars. When the option is selected, the other border properties will be enabled.
  • Line Style
    Specifies the line style to apply to the border.
  • Color
    Specifies the color of the border.
  • Thickness
    Specifies the thickness of the border.
  • Transparency
    Specifies the transparency for color of the border.

Hint

Specifies the data marker hint properties.

• Show Category and Series
  Specifies whether to include the category and series values in the data marker hint.
• Auto Scale in Number
  Specifies whether to automatically scale the values displayed in the data marker hint that are of the Number data type when the values fall into the two ranges:
  • When 1000 <= value < 10^15, the following quantity unit symbols of the International System of Units are used to scale the values: K (10^3), M (10^6), G (10^9), and T (10^12).
  • When 0 < value < 0.001 or value >= 10^15, scientific notation is used to scale the values.

  By default it is set to auto which means that the setting follows that of the chart platform.

OK

Applies the changes and closes the dialog box.

Cancel

Does not retain any changes and closes the dialog box.

Help

Displays the help document about this feature.

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