3.3 Format Dialog Box

The 'Format' dialog box provides options for changing the visual appearance of elements and their representation of data. To open the 'Format' dialog box, right-click on a component and select 'Format' from the context menu.

Certain components have multiple regions that can be selected and formatted independently. For example, a component title bar can always be formatted independently of the component body.

 

A more specific for­mat overrides a more general format. For example, a title bar format overrides a general component format.

To format a particular region of a component, right-click on the desired region, and select 'Format' from the context menu. To format the general component (rather than a particular region), first make sure the component is entirely deselected. Then right-click to select the general component (not a region), and choose 'Format' from the context menu.

The table below lists the regions that can be independently formatted on multiple-region components:

Component

Selectable Regions

Table

Title bar, column header, column body cells

Crosstab

Title bar, column headers, row headers, summary cells

Chart

Axis titles, axis labels, data label, legend title, legend content, target label

Selection List

Title bar, body cells

Selection Tree

Title bar, nth-level body cells (levels are independent)

Selection Container

Title bar.

The 'Format' dialog box contains the following tabs: Format, Alignment, Font, Border, Color, and CSS. The following sections describe each of these tabs.

 

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