Edit Special Field

The Edit Special Field dialog box is used to edit the properties of the special field such as font, size, color, border, the way of aligning text, and so on. It appears when you hover the mouse pointer on a special field in the dashboard header and then select the Edit button that appears around the special field.

Edit Special Field dialog

Field Type

The current special field is selected by default. If it is not User Name, a date or time format drop-down list will be displayed on the right for you to choose one.

Font Face

Specifies the font of the text from the drop-down list.

Font Size

Specifies the font size of the text from the drop-down list.

Font Color

Specifies the color of the text.

To change the color, select the color indicator to select a color, or select More Colors in the color indicator to access the Color Picker dialog box in which you can select a color within a wider range.

Background Color

Specifies the background color of the special field.

Bold

Specifies whether to make the text bold.

Italic

Specifies whether to make the text italic.

Specifies whether to underline the text.

Align Left

Specifies to align the text to the left.

Align Center

Specifies to align the text in the center.

Align Right

Specifies to align the text to the right.

Preview box

Displays a preview of the special field with the specified properties.

Width

Specifies the width of the special field.

Height

Specifies the height of the special field.

Border

Specifies the border properties of the special field.

Border Width
Specifies the width of the border.
Border Line
Specifies the line style of the border from the drop-down list.
Border Color
Specifies the color of the border.
To change the color, select the color indicator to select a color, or select More Colors in the color indicator to access the Color Picker dialog box in which you can select a color within a wider range.