## Format Paper dialog

This dialog appears when you double-click a paper of a chart, or right-click a chart and then select Format Paper from the shortcut menu. The paper of a chart is the canvas on which the main chart is drawn.

This dialog allows you to format the paper in the chart, and consists of the following tabs:

- General tab (for 2-D charts)
- Rotation tab (for 3-D charts)
- Fill tab
- Border tab

OK

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 the help document about this feature.

### General tab (for 2-D charts)

Specifies the general options for formatting the 2-D chart paper. See the tab.

Scale X

Specifies the left position of the area, measured in the percentage of the image's width, from the left edge of the image.

Scale Y

Specifies the bottom position of the image, measured in the percentage of the image's height, from the bottom edge of the image.

Constraint Proportion

Specifies whether to set the same scaling ratios for both X and Y axes.

### Rotation tab (for 3-D charts)

Specifies the rotation properties for formatting the 3-D chart paper. See the tab.

If selected, rotate the chart on the basis of the X, Y, Z axes.

If selected, rotate the chart just on the basis of the X axis.

If selected, rotate the chart just on the basis of the Y axis.

If selected, rotate the chart just on the basis of the Z axis.

Width

Specifies the scaling ratios of the width for the paper.

Height

Specifies the scaling ratios of the height for the paper.

Depth

Specifies the scaling ratios of the depth for the paper.

Constraint Proportion

Specifies whether to set the same scaling ratios for width, height and depth of the paper.

### Fill tab

Specifies the color to fill the chart paper. See the tab.

Color

Specifies the color to fill the paper.

To change the color, click the color image button to display the color palette in which you can select a color, or click More Colors to customize the color within a wider range in the Pick a Color dialog, or click More Fill Effects to customize in the Fill Effects dialog. You can also input the hexadecimal value of a color directly in the text box after # if you have changed the default color.

Transparency

Specifies the transparency of the color.

Sample

Displays the specified color and transparency effects.

### Border tab

Specifies properties for border of the chart paper. See the tab.

Border Style

Specifies the type for border of the paper.

- none
  The object has no visible border lines.
- raised
  The object has 3D borders that appear as if they are raised off the page.
- recess
  The object has 3D borders that appear as if they are pressed into the page.
- shadow
  The object has two shadowed borders, beneath and to the right of the object.
- solid
  The object has single-line borders.

Color

Specifies the color for border of the chart paper.

To change the color, click the color image button to display the color palette in which you can select a color, or click More Colors to customize the color within a wider range in the Pick a Color dialog. You can also input the hexadecimal value of a color directly in the text box after #.

Line Style

Specifies the line style to apply to border of the chart paper.

Thickness

Specifies the thickness of the border, in pixels.

Transparency

Specifies the transparency for the color of the border.

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.

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 the 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.

###### Related topics:

- Formatting the paper