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Format Pointer Label Dialog

The Format Pointer Label dialog helps you to format the pointer labels on a gauage chart. It appears when you double-click a pointer label on a gauge chart, or right-click it and then select Format Pointer Label from the shortcut menu.

The dialog contains the following tabs: General, Font 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.

General

Specifies the general properties of the labels.

Format Pointer Label - General

Size

Specifies the size of the labels.

  • Width
    Specifies the width of the labels, in pixels.
  • Height
    Specifies the height of the labels, in pixels.
  • X
    Specifies the horizontal coordinate of the top left corner of the lables, relative to their parent container.
  • Y
    Specifies the vertical coordinate of the top left corner of the lables, relative to their parent container.
  • Alignment
    Specifies the alignment of the label text.
  • Word Wrap
    Specifies whether to enable the word wrap function for the label text.

Fill

Specifies the color and transparency of the labels.

  • Fill
    Specifies the color to fill the labels.
  • Transparency
    Specifies the transparency to fill the labels.

Border

Specifies the properties for borders of the labels.

  • Border Type
    Displays the type of the border.
  • Color
    Specifies the color of the border. 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.
  • Line Style
    Specifies the line style to apply to the border.
  • Transparency
    Specifies the transparency for color of the border.
  • Thickness
    Specifies the thickness of the border, in pixels.

  • End Caps
    Specifies the ending style of the border line.

    • butt
      Ends unclosed sub paths and dash segments with no added decoration.
    • round
      Ends unclosed sub paths and dash segments with a round decoration that has a radius equal to half of the width of the pen.
    • square
      Ends unclosed sub paths and dash segments with a square projection that extends beyond the end of the segment to a distance equal to half of the line width.
  • Line Joint
    Specifies the line joint style for the border line.
    • miter
      Joins path segments by extending their outside edges until they meet.
    • round
      Joins path segments by rounding off the corner at a radius of half the line width.
    • bevel
      Joins path segments by connecting the outer corners of their wide outlines with a straight segment.
    • joint round
      Joins path segments by rounding off the corner at the specified radius.

  • Path
    Specifies the fill pattern of the border line.

    • Outline Path
      Specifies the fill pattern of the border line to be outline path.
    • Fill Path
      Specifies the fill pattern of the border line to be whole path.
  • Dash
    Specifies the dash size of border line.
    • Auto Adjust Dash
      If selected, the dash size will be adjusted automatically.
    • Fixed Dash Size
      If selected, the dash size will be fixed size.

Orientation

Specifies the orientation properties of the labels.

  • Label Orientation
    Specifies the rotation angle of the labels.

Sample

Displays a preview sample of your selection.

Font

Specifies properties for font of the label text.

Format Pointer Label - Font

Font

Specifies the font format of text in the 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 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.
  • 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 a preview sample of your selection.

Format

Specifies the data format of the labels.

Format Pointer Label - Format

Category

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

Format

Displays 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 field and then select Add to add it as the format of the specified category.

Auto Scale in Number

Enabled when the pointer field of the gauge chart is of the Number data type. It specifies whether to automatically scale the pointer labels 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. 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 a preview sample of your selection.

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 labels.

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