Graph Appearance Dialog Box

This dialog box enables you to change a graph's titles and appearance. For a bar chart, you can specify the display parameters for the bars. For a line chart, you can specify the display parameters for the lines.

To access

On the View tab or graph window toolbar, click Set Graph Appearance or click the graph title.

Relevant tasks

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User interface elements are described below:

UI Element	Description
Titles tab	Enables you to change the titles of the graph, the y-axis, or the x-axis. Font. Enables you to change a title's font or color. Reset Titles. Enables you to restore the original titles. Note: For a pie chart, you can only change the title of the graph.
Appearance tab	Enables you to set the default format of your graph, modify the orientation of the labels at the base of the graph (for a bar chart and a line chart only), determine the format in which dates are displayed on the x-axis, display the graph with a 3D effect, or change the colors of the various components in your graph.
Bar Parameters tab	In bar charts, enables you to specify whether you want the values for each bar to be displayed. You can also adjust the bar width. If you specify that the values of each bar are to be displayed, you can change the data that is displayed for each bar, or its position relative to the bar.
Line Parameters tab	In line charts, enables you to specify whether you want the line frame to be displayed.