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Format Stock Dialog Box

You can use the Format Stock dialog box to format the stock in a stock chart.

Designer displays the Format Stock dialog box when you right-click a stock line in a stock chart and select Format Stock from the shortcut menu, or double-click a stock line of a stock chart.

This dialog box contains the following tabs:

• General Tab
• Border Tab
• Data Label Tab
• Hint Tab

Designer displays these buttons in all the tabs:

OK

Select to apply your settings and close the dialog box.

Cancel

Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

Apply

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

Help

Select to view information about the dialog box.

General Tab

Use this tab to specify the general properties of the stock chart.

Stock Line

You can specify properties of the stock lines in this box.

• Color
  Specify the color of the stock lines. To edit the color, select the color indicator and select a color from the color palette, or type the hexadecimal RGB value of a color (for example, 0xff0000) in the text box.
• Thickness
  Specify the thickness of the stock lines, in pixels.

Stock Bar

You can specify properties for the stock bars of an Open-High-Low-Close stock chart in this box.

• Up color
  Specify the color of the stock bars that stand for the stocks that the Open value is lower than the Close value.
• Down color
  Specify the color for the stock bars that stand for the stocks that the Open value is higher than the Close value.
• Bar Width
  Specify the width of the stock bars.

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Border Tab

Use this tab to specify properties for the border of the stock bars of an Open-High-Low-Close stock chart.

Show Border

Select to show the border of the stock bars. Designer enables the other border properties in this tab after you select this option.

Color

Specify the color of the border. To edit the color, select the color indicator and select a color from the color palette, or type the hexadecimal RGB value of a color (for example, 0xff0000) in the text box.

Transparency

Specify the transparency of the border.

Line Style

Select the line style of the border.

Thickness

Specify the width of the border, in pixels.

End Caps

Select the ending style of the border.

• butt
  Select to end unclosed subpaths and dash segments with no added decoration.
• round
  Select to end unclosed subpaths and dash segments with a round decoration that has a radius equal to half of the line width.
• square
  Select to end unclosed subpaths 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

Select the joint style of the border.

• miter
  Select to join path segments by extending their outside edges until they meet.
• round
  Select to join path segments by rounding off the corner at a radius of half the line width.
• bevel
  Select to join path segments by connecting the outer corners of their wide outlines with a straight segment.

Sample

This box displays a preview sample based on your selections.

Path

You can specify the fill pattern of the border in this box.

• Outline Path
  Select to use outline path for the border.
• Fill Path
  Select to use whole path for the border.

Dash

You can specify the dash size of the border in this box if you select a dash line style for the border.

• Auto Adjust Dash
  Select to adjust the dash size automatically.
• Fixed Dash Size
  Select to use fixed dash size.

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Data Label Tab

Designer does not support displaying data labels in stock charts, so you can skip this tab.

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Hint Tab

Use this tab to specify properties for the hint of the stock chart.

Show Category and Series

Select to include the category and series values in the hint.

Auto Scale in Number

Specify whether to automatically scale the Number values in the hint that fall into the two ranges:

• When 1000 <= value < 10^15, Designer applies the following quantity unit symbols of the International System of Units 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, Designer uses scientific notation to scale the values.

By default, Designer selects "auto" for the option, meaning, Designer applies the setting that you specify for the same property on the chart in the Report Inspector for the values. If you select "true", Designer applies the specified format to the integer part of the values after scaling them; however, if the specified format conflicts with the logic of Auto Scale in Number, for example, the values display in percentage, Designer ignores the Auto Scale in Number setting. Select "false" if you do not want to scale the values.

Customize Chart Value Names

Select to customize the names of the fields on the value axis which you want to display in the hint. By default, Designer applies the display names of the fields in the hint to label the values which may be not intuitive to users. You can select the option and select the ellipsis to customize the names in the Customize Chart Value Names dialog box to help users better understand the values.

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