Format Dial Gauge dialog

This dialog appears when you right-click a dial gauge of a chart and select Format Dial Gauge from the shortcut menu. It helps you to format dial gauges in a chart, and consists of the following tabs:

General tab
Fill tab
Border tab
Data Label tab
Behaviors tab

Applies the changes and closes the dialog.

Cancel

Does not retain any changes and closes the dialog.

Apply

Applies all changes and leaves the dialog open.

Help

Displays this help document.

General tab

Specifies the general format of the dial gauges. See the tab.

Circular

Specifies properties for circles of dial gauges in the chart.

Start Angle
Specifies the degree of start angles of the circles.
Stop Angle
Specifies the degree of stop angles of the circles.
Circular Style
Specifies the position of a dial gauge curve, related to the position of a circle in the chart.
Thickness
Specifies the thickness for the circles, in pixels.
Range Radius
Specifies the relative size of a dial in a percentage of total dial size.

Pointer

Specifies properties for pointers of dial gauges in the chart.

Pointer Style
Specifies the style applied to pointers of the dial gauges.
- triangle
  If selected, pointers will be triangle shapes.
- diamond
  If selected, pointers will be diamond shapes.
- arrow
  If selected, pointers will be arrow shapes.
  - Arrow Style
    Specifies the style applied to arrows of the pointers.
    - sharp
      If selected, arrows will be sharp ones.
    - round
      If selected, arrows will be round ones.
    - plain
      If selected, arrows will be plain ones.

Color Range

Specifies different colors to fill the dial gauges in different ranges.

Use Fill
Specifies to fill the dial gauges with colors. It is meaningful to specify the following properties when it is checked.
Minimum
Specifies the minimum value of the range.
Maximum
Specifies the maximum value of the range.
Color
Specifies the color schema of the range.
Name
Displays the name of the range.

Fill tab

Specifies the color, fill effect and transparency for the pointers. See the tab.

Color

Specifies the color schema for the selected pointers in the same data series.

Transparency

Specifies the transparency of the color schema.

Color List

Opens the Color List dialog to modify color pattern for pointers in the same data series.

Sample

Displays a preview sample of your selection.

Border tab

Specifies the properties for borders of the pointers, which take effect only when the Border property on chart paper is set to true in the Report Inspector. See the tab.

Border Type

Displays the type of the border. The default value is solid, and cannot be changed.

Color

Specifies the color of the border.

Transparency

Specifies the transparency for color of the border.

Line Style

Specifies the line style to apply to the border.

Thickness

Specifies the thickness of the border, in pixels.

End Caps

Specifies the ending style of the border line.

butt
Ends unclosed sub paths and dash segments with no added decoration.
round
Ends unclosed sub paths and dash segments with a round decoration that has a radius equal to half of the width of the pen.
square
Ends unclosed sub paths 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

Specifies the line joint style for the border line.

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

Sample

Displays a preview sample of your selection.

Path

Specifies the fill pattern of the border line.

Outline Path
Specifies the fill pattern of the border line to be outline path.
Fill Path
Specifies the fill pattern of the border line to be whole path.

Dash

Specifies the dash size of border line.

Auto Adjusted Dash
If selected, the dash size will be adjusted automatically.
Fixed Dash Size
If selected, the dash size will be fixed size.

Data Label tab

Specifies properties for data labels displayed on the dial gauges. See the tab.

Static Data Label

Specifies properties of the static data labels. Not supported on gauge chart.

Font

Specifies the font format of text in the data labels.

Font list
Lists all the available font faces that can be selected to apply to the text.
Font Size
Specifies the font size of the text.
Font Color
Specifies the font color of the text.
Transparency
Specifies the transparency of the text.
Rotation
Specifies the rotation angle of the text around its center, in degrees. The default value is 0.
Shearing
Specifies the gradient of the text.

Effects

Specifies the special effects of text in the data labels.

Style
Specifies the font style of the text. It can be one of the following: plain, bold, italic, and bold italic.
Strikethrough
Specifies the style of the horizontal line with which the text is struck through. It can be one of the following: none, thin line, bold line, and double lines.
Underline
Specifies the style of the horizontal line under the text. It can be one of the following: none, single, single lower, bold line, bold lower, double lines, bold double, patterned line, and bold patterned.
Superscript
Raises the text above the baseline and changes the text to a smaller font size, if a smaller size is available.
Embossed
Makes the text appear to be raised off the page in relief.
Outlined
Displays the inner and outer borders of each character.
Subscript
Lowers the text below the baseline and changes the text to a smaller font size, if a smaller size is available.
Engraved
Makes the text appear to be imprinted or pressed into the page.
Shadowed
Adds a shadow beneath and to the right of the text.