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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