Chart Format Options

Chart Format Options
The Chart Format Options dialog box allows you to enter and set the color and fonts for Chart Titles, Sub-titles, axis labels and some of the lines drawn in a chart.

To access the Chart Format Options dialog box:

Select the Chart Format Options button from your toolbar, OR
Select Chart Format Options from the Edit menu.

The Chart Format Options dialog box is accessible from two locations, which influences its actions:

from the column of the Data Editor window, changes made to the Chart Format Options will affect all charts created from this column after the change. This change is saved with the .qdb data file.
from a Chart window, changes made to the Chart Format Options may affect that chart only, and will be lost if the chart window is closed without saving as a .qdc chart file. This allows you to maintain different Analysis Options in several chart files, using the data file as a master. However, if the Update Data Set option is checked within the dialog box, then the change is stored in the column’s (i.e. characteristic’s) Chart Format Options, and will be saved when the data file is saved. In this case, subsequent charts drawn from this column will use these revised options.

Default Chart Format Options which are invoked for all columns until changed may be defined by choosing Preferences from the Options menu.

The following buttons are used in editing the Chart Format dialog box:

OK: Enters the information as it appears in the dialog box (including any changes you have made), and returns you to the window in which you were previously.

Cancel: Cancels any changes you have made to the current column options and returns you to the window in which you were previously.

Set to Default: Applies the default Chart Format Options.

Prev: Opens the Chart Format Options dialog box for the first analyzable column preceding the current column.

Next: Opens the Chart Format Options dialog box for the first analyzable column after the current column.