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Format Paper Dialog Box Properties

This topic describes how you can use the Format Paper dialog box to format the paper of a chart. Server displays the dialog box when you right-click a chart and select Format Paper from the shortcut menu.

This topic contains the following sections:

• General Tab Properties
• Border Tab Properties
• Coordinate Tab Properties
• Threshold Line Tab Properties

You see these elements on all the tabs:

OK

Select to apply any changes you made here and close the dialog box.

Cancel

Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

Help button

Select to view information about the dialog box.

Close button

Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

General Tab Properties

Specify the general properties of the chart paper.

Name

Specify the display name of the chart paper.

Show NLS Value

Select to show the translated name for the display name of the object in the Name text box if you have enabled the NLS feature and translated it, and when you have not modified the display name of the object.

Width

Specify the width of the chart paper.

Height

Specify the height of the chart paper.

Fill Type

Specify the type for filling the chart paper. It can be one of the following: None, Color, and Gradient. If you select Gradient, you can specify the gradient by the Fill Type property in the Background category of the chart paper in the Inspector.

Color

Specify the background color of the chart paper. It takes effect only when Fill Type in this tab is Color.

To change the color, select the color indicator. Server displays the color palette. Select a color, or select More Colors to access the Color Picker dialog box in which you can specify a color within a wider range.

Transparency

Specify the transparency of the chart paper background color.

Show Tip

Select if you want to show the corresponding data information when you hover over a target in the chart paper. This property is unavailable to org charts.

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Border Tab Properties

Specify the border properties of the chart paper.

Line Style

Select the line style of the border.

Border Type

Select the type of the border.

Color

Specify the color of the border.

Transparency

Specify the transparency for the color of the border.

Thickness

Specify the thickness of the border, in inches.

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Coordinate Tab Properties

Specify the properties of the coordinates. This tab is unavailable to org charts.

Scale X

Specify the scaling ratio for the X axis.

Scale Y

Specify the scaling ratio for the Y axis.

Angle X

Specify the rotation angle around the X axis. This property applies to 3D charts and pie charts.

Angle Y

Specify the rotation angle around the Y axis. This property applies to 3D charts and pie charts.

Perspective

Specify the perspective effect of the chart. Type an integer to set the effect.

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Threshold Line Tab Properties

Specify the properties of the threshold lines. This tab is unavailable to org charts.

Threshold Line1

Specify the properties of the first threshold line.

• Show Threshold Line1
  Select true if you want to show the first threshold line.
• Threshold Value
  Specify the value of the first threshold line.
• Threshold Line Color
  Specify the color of the first threshold line.

Threshold Line2

Specify the properties of the second threshold line.

• Show Threshold Line2
  Select true if you want to show the second threshold line.
• Threshold Value
  Specify the value of the second threshold line.

• Threshold Line Color
  Specify the color of the second threshold line.

Transparency

Specify the color transparency of the threshold lines.

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