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Format Value (Y) Axis Dialog

The Format Value (Y) Axis helps you to format the value (Y) axis of a chart. It appears when you right-click any chart element and select Format Axes > Format Value (Y) Axis from the shortcut menu, or double-click the value axis of a chart.

The dialog contains the following tabs: Axis, Tick Mark, Font, Orientation and Format.

OK

Applies the changes and closes the dialog.

Cancel

Does not retain any changes and closes the dialog.

Apply

Applies all changes and leaves the dialog open.

Help

Displays the help document about this feature.

Axis

Specifies the general properties for the axis.

Option

Specifies the options for the axis.

• Minimum Value
  Specifies the minimum value that is to be displayed on the axis.
• Maximum Value
  Specifies the maximum value that is to be displayed on the axis.
• Increment
  Specifies the distance between two adjacent values on the axis.
• Number of Tick Marks
  Specifies how many tick marks to be displayed on the axis.
• Show Gridlines
  Specifies whether to show gridlines on the axis.
• Show Percent
  Specifies whether to show the value labels on the axis in percent. Only applies to radar, bullet, bar/bench, line, and area chart that are not 100% stacked type.

Line

Specifies the line style for the axis.

• Color
  Specifies the color of the axis. To edit the color, select the color indicator and select a color from the color palette or input the hexadecimal value (for example, 0xff0000) of a color directly in the text box.
• Style
  Specifies the style of the axis.
• Transparency
  Specifies the transparency for the color of the axis.
• Thickness
  Specifies the thickness of the axis, in pixels.

Label

Specifies the label properties for the labels on the axis.

• Label Axis Gap
  Specifies the distance between the label and the axis, in pixels.
• Best Effect
  Specifies whether to adjust the labels on the axis automatically to make them placed best.

Tick Mark

The tab consists of two sub tabs: Major Tick Mark, and Minor Tick Mark.

Major Tick Mark

Specifies properties of the major tick marks on the axis.

Type

Specifies the type of the major tick marks on the axis.

• None
  If selected, major tick marks will not be shown on the axis and it will be meaningless to specify all the other major tick mark related properties.
• Inside
  If selected, major tick marks will be inside the chart.
• Outside
  If selected, major tick marks will be outside the chart.
• Cross
  If selected, major tick marks will be across the axis.

Line

Specifies the line properties of the major tick marks on the axis.

• Correlate with Axis
  If checked, the line properties of the major tick marks will correlate with that of the axis automatically.
  • Color
    Specifies the color of the major tick marks.
  • Transparency
    Specifies the transparency for the color of the major tick marks.
  • Style
    Specifies the type of the major tick marks.
  • Thickness
    Specifies the thickness of the major tick marks, in pixels.
• Tick Mark Length
  Specifies the length of the major tick marks, in pixels.

Option

Specifies the other properties of the major tick mark labels on the axis.

• Show Major Tick Mark Labels
  Specifies whether to display the labels of the major tick marks on the axis. If checked, the following properties will be enabled.
• Label Every N Major Tick Marks
  Specifies the frequency at which the major tick marks will be labeled.
• Show Axis Label Tips
  Specifies whether to display the complete label text when the mouse pointer points at a label on the axis.
• Number of Major Labels
  Specifies how many major tick mark labels to be displayed on the axis.
  • Auto
    If checked, all major tick mark labels will be shown.
  • Fixed
    If checked, you can specify the number of the major tick mark labels to be displayed on the axis.

Minor Tick Mark

Specifies properties of the minor tick marks on the axis.

Type

Specifies the type of the minor tick marks on the axis.

• None
  If selected, minor tick marks will not be shown on the axis and it will be meaningless to specify all the other minor tick mark related properties.
• Inside
  If selected, minor tick marks will be inside the chart.
• Outside
  If selected, minor tick marks will be outside the chart.
• Cross
  If selected, minor tick marks will be across the axis.

Line

Specifies the line properties of the minor tick marks on the axis.

• Correlate with Axis
  If checked, the line properties of the minor tick marks will correlate with that of the axis automatically.
  • Color
    Specifies the color of the minor tick marks.
  • Style
    Specifies the type of the minor tick marks.
  • Transparency
    Specifies the transparency for the color of the minor tick marks.
  • Thickness
    Specifies the thickness of the minor tick marks, in pixels.
• Tick Mark Length
  Specifies the length of the minor tick marks, in pixels.

Font

Specifies the font format for text in the major tick mark labels on the axis.

Font

Specifies the font format of text in the major tick mark labels.

• Font list
  Lists all the available font faces that can be selected to apply to the text.
• Font Size
  Specifies the font size of the text.
• Font Color
  Specifies the font color of the text.
• Transparency
  Specifies the color transparency of the text.
• Rotation
  Specifies the rotation angle of the text around its center, in degrees. The default value is 0.
• Shearing
  Specifies the gradient of the text.

Effects

Specifies the special effects of text in the major tick mark labels.

• Style
  Specifies the font style of the text. It can be one of the following: plain, bold, italic, and bold italic.
• Strikethrough
  Specifies the style of the horizontal line with which the text is struck through. It can be one of the following: none, thin line, bold line, and double lines.
• Underline
  Specifies the style of the horizontal line under the text. It can be one of the following: none, single, single lower, bold line, bold lower, double lines, bold double, patterned line, and bold patterned. When patterned line or bold patterned is selected, a line or bold line in the pattern of the text will be drawn.

  Note: Web Report Studio and JDashboard do not support underlining chart text so this property will be ignored when the chart runs in Web Report Studio or is used in a dashboard.

• Superscript
  Raises the text above the baseline and changes the text to a smaller font size, if a smaller size is available.
• Embossed
  Makes the text appear to be raised off the page in relief.
• Outlined
  Displays the inner and outer borders of each character.
• Subscript
  Lowers the text below the baseline and changes the text to a smaller font size, if a smaller size is available.
• Engraved
  Makes the text appear to be imprinted or pressed into the page.
• Shadowed
  Adds a shadow beneath and to the right of the text.

Sample

Displays the specified font and any text effects.

Orientation

Specifies the rotation angle of the major tick mark labels on the axis.

Automatic

Specifies whether to adjust the rotation angle of the label text on the axis automatically according to the length of the label text, in degrees.

When this option is checked by default:

• If the text can be completely displayed horizontally, the default rotation angle will be 0.
• If the text cannot be completely displayed horizontally, the default rotation angle will be 30 anticlockwise, and the cut off part will be shown as suspension points.

Angle

Specifies to customize the rotation angle of the label text on the axis. When you change the rotation angle in the text box, the red line in the spin box will change correspondingly, and vice versa.

Format

Specifies the data format of the major tick mark labels on the axis.

Category

Lists the category types. Select one to customize its format.

Format

Lists all the formats of the selected category. Select the required one and select Add to add it as the format of the specified category. You can add only one format for each category.

Properties

Displays the properties of the format you select. If the formats listed in the Format box cannot meet your requirement, define the format in the text box and then select Add to add it as the format of the specified category.

Auto Scale in Number

Specifies whether to automatically scale the values 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. When it is true, the specified format applies to the integer part of the values after scaled, but if the specified format conflicts with Auto Scale in Number, for example the values are displayed in percentage, then the Auto Scale in Number setting is ignored.

Sample

Displays the selected format effects.

Stack

Lists all the formats you select from different categories.

Add

Adds a format to the Stack list box.

Remove

Removes a format from the Stack list box.

Apply

Applies the specified format in the Stack list box to the major tick mark labels.

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