## Format Value(Y) Axis dialog

This dialog appears when you double-click a value(Y) axis of a chart or right-click a chart and then select Format Axes > Format Value (Y) Axis from the shortcut menu. It helps you to format the value(Y) axis of a chart, and consists of the following five tabs:

- Axis tab
- Tick Mark tab
- Font tab
- Orientation tab
- Format tab

OK

Applies the changes and closes the dialog.

Cancel

Does not retain any changes and closes the dialog.

Apply

Applies all changes and leave the dialog open.

Help

Displays this help document.

### Axis tab

Specifies the general properties for the value(Y) axis of the chart. See the tab.

Option

Specifies the options for the value(Y) axis.

- Minimum Value
  Specifies the minimum value that is to be displayed on the value(Y) axis.
- Maximum Value
  Specifies the maximum value that is to be displayed on the value(Y) axis.
- Increment
  Specifies the difference between two adjacent values on the value(Y) axis.
- Number of Tick Marks
  Specifies how many tick marks to be displayed on the value(Y) axis.
- Draw Axis Only
  Specifies whether to show the labels on the value(Y) axis.
- Show Gridlines
  Specifies whether to show the horizontal gridlines in the chart.
- Show Axis Label Tips
  Specifies whether to display the complete label text when the mouser pointer points at a label on the value(Y) axis.

Line

Specifies the line style for the value(Y) axis.

- Color
  Specifies the color of the line.
- Transparency
  Specifies the transparency for the color of the line.
- Style
  Specifies the style for the line.
- Thickness
  Specifies the thickness for the line.

Labels

Specifies the properties for the labels on the value(Y) axis.

- Label Axis Gap
  Specifies the distance between the label and the value(Y) axis.
- Best Effect
  Specifies whether to adjust the labels on the value(Y) axis automatically to make them placed best.

### Tick Mark tab

Specifies the properties of tick marks on the value(Y) axis. See the tab.

Tick Mark

Specifies the general properties for all the tick marks on the value(Y) axis.

- Correlate with Axis
  Specifies whether to apply the settings of axis to the tick marks on this axis.
  - Color
    Specifies the color of all the tick marks on the value(Y) axis.
  - Transparency
    Specifies the transparency for the tick marks on the value(Y) axis.
  - Style
    Specifies the type of the tick marks on the value(Y) axis.
  - Thickness
    Specifies the thickness for the tick marks on the value(Y) axis.

Major Tick Mark

Specifies the properties of the major tick marks on the value(Y) axis.

- None
  If selected, major tick marks will not be shown on the value(Y) axis.
- Outside
  If selected, major tick marks will be outside the chart.
- Inside
  If selected, major tick marks will be inside the chart.
- Cross
  If selected, major tick marks will be across the value(Y) axis.
- Major Tick Length
  Specifies the length of major tick marks on the value(Y) axis.

Minor Tick Mark

Specifies the properties of the minor tick marks on the value(Y) axis.

- None
  If selected, minor tick marks will not be shown on the value(Y) axis.
- Outside
  If selected, minor tick marks will be outside the chart.
- Inside
  If selected, minor tick marks will be inside the chart.
- Cross
  If selected, minor tick marks will be across the chart.
- Minor Tick Length
  Specifies the length for the minor tick marks on the value(Y) axis.

### Font tab

Specifies the font format for text in the tick mark labels on the value(Y) axis. See the tab.

Font

Specifies the font format of text in the tick mark 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 tick mark 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.

Sample

Displays the specified font and any text effects.

### Orientation tab

Specifies the rotation angle of the tick mark labels on the value(Y) axis. See the tab.

Automatic

Specifies whether to adjust the rotation angle of the label text on the axis automatically according to the length of the label text, in degrees.

When this option is checked by default:

- If the text can be completely displayed horizontally, the default rotation angle will be 0.
- If the text can not be completely displayed horizontally, the default rotation angle will be 30 anticlockwise, and the cut off part will be shown as suspension points.

Angle

Specifies to customize the rotation angle of the label text on the axis. When you change the rotation angle in the text box, the red line in the spin box will change correspondingly, and vice versa.

### Format tab

Specifies some properties for the tick mark labels on the value(Y) axis. See the tab.

Category

Specifies different formats to display the tick mark labels on the value(Y) axis.

- Scale
  Lists all the formats of a value of a scale type that can be applied to the tick mark labels.
- Number
  Lists all the formats of a value of a number type that can be applied to the tick mark labels.
- Date/Time
  Lists all the formats of a value of a date/time type that can be applied to the tick mark labels.
- Text
  Lists all the formats of a value of a text type that can be applied to the tick mark labels.
- Mapping
  Lists all the formats of a value of a mapping type that can be applied to the tick mark labels.

Formats

Displays all the formats of the selected category. For more details about every format, see A detailed chart property reference.

Properties

Specifies the properties for the format that you selected.

Sample

Displays the selected format effects.

Stack

Lists all the formats that you selected from different categories.

Add

Adds a format to the Stack list box.

Remove

Removes a format from the Stack list box.

Apply

Applies the specified format in the Stack list box to the tick mark labels.