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Chart Iterator Dialog Box

You can use the Chart Iterator dialog box to edit the properties of an iterator in a chart. This topic describes the options in the dialog box.

Designer displays the Chart Iterator dialog box when you right-click the blank area and select Chart Iterator from the shortcut menu in the editing box of the Data Label Editor dialog box.

You see the following tabs in the dialog box:

• Text Format Tab
• Font Tab
• Iteration Tab

You see these buttons in all the tabs:

OK

Select to apply all changes and close the dialog box.

Apply

Select to apply all changes and leave the dialog box open.

Cancel

Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

Help

Select to view information about the dialog box.

Text Format Tab

Use this tab to specify the properties for the text in the iterator.

Alignment

Select how text fit between the margins.

• left
  Select to make the text left-aligned.
• centered
  Select to make the text centered.
• right
  Select to make the text right-aligned.
• justified
  Select to adjust the horizontal spacing so as to align the text evenly along both the left and right margins. Justifying text creates a smooth edge on both sides.

Indentation

You can specify the distance of the text and the left or right margins in this box.

• left
  Specify the distance of the text and the left margin.
• right
  Specify the distance of the text and the right margin.
• special
  Select in which way to make the text in the iterator specially indented.
  • none
    Select to apply no special indent rule in the iterator.
  • first line
    Select to use the first line indent in the iterator with the length you specify in the By text box.
  • hanging
    Select to use the hanging indent in the iterator with the length you specify in the By text box.

Spacing

You can specify the spaces between lines in the paragraph of the iterator in this box.

• Before
  Specify the distance with N lines before the iterator.
• After
  Specify the distance with N lines after the iterator.
• Line Spacing
  Select the amount of vertical space between lines of text in the iterator.
  • single
    Select to accommodate the largest font in that line, plus a small amount of extra space. The amount of extra space varies depending on the font used.
  • 1.5 lines
    Select to use one-and-one-half times that of single line spacing.
  • double
    Select to use twice of single line spacing.
  • at least
    Select to use minimum line spacing that is needed to fit the largest font or graphic on the line.
  • exactly
    Select to use fixed line spacing that Designer does not adjust.
  • multiple
    Select to use line spacing that Designer increases or decreases by a percentage you specify. For example, setting line spacing to 1.2 increases the space by 20 percent.
• At
  Specify the distances between lines. The option takes effect for the "at least", "exactly", or "multiple" Line Spacing only.

Preview

The box displays a preview sample of your selection.

Font Tab

Use this tab to specify the font format of the text in the iterator.

Font list

The box lists all the available font faces for the text. Select the font face you want to apply.

Font Size

Specify the font size of the text.

Font Color

Select the font color of the text. You can select Custom from the drop-down list to customize a color in the Pick a Color dialog box.

Rotation

Designer does not support applying a rotation angle to the text in an iterator.

Shearing

Designer does not support applying a gradient effect on the text in an iterator.

Preview

The box displays a preview sample of your selection.

Effects

You can specify the special effect for the text in the iterator in this box.

• Bold
  Specify whether to make the text in bold style.
• Italic
  Specify whether to italicize the text.
• Strikethrough
  Specify whether to draw a line through the text.
• Underline
  Specify whether to add a horizontal line under the text.
• Underline Color
  Select the color for the horizontal line under the text. You can select Custom from the drop-down list to customize a color in the Pick a Color dialog box.
• Underline Style
  Specify the style of the horizontal line under the text.
• Ignore HTML Tag
  Designer does not support this option on the text in an iterator.
• Subscript
  Select to raise the text above the baseline and change the text to a smaller font size, if a smaller size is available.
• Superscript
  Select to lower the text below the baseline and change the text to a smaller font size, if a smaller size is available.

Iteration Tab

Use this tab to specify the iteration information.

Iterated By

The box lists the fields that you select to use as the marks of the iterator. You can change the display order of the fields.

• Move Up button
  Select to move the specified field higher in the list.
• Move Down button
  Select to move the specified field lower in the list.

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