Data Format dialog

This dialog appears when you click to specify the data format for a chart in the Inspector panel. The options in the dialog varies according to different sources it is opened from.

When you open the dialog to specify the data format for the category axis (the X axis) in a chart, it consists of two tabs: major label tab and minor label tab.

OK

Applies the settings and closes the dialog.

Cancel

Cancels the settings and closes the dialog.

Displays the help document about this feature.

Ignores the setting and closes this dialog.

Major Label tab

Specifies the data format of the major tick mark labels on the axis. See the tab.

To specify a format, first select a category from the Category box, then select the required format of this category from the Format box. The selected format will be displayed in the Properties text box. You can further edit the format if you want. Then, click the Add button to add the format to the Stack box. Repeat the steps to specify formats for other categories. Only one format can be defined for each category.

The following are details about options in the tab:

Category

Specifies different formats from the following categories to display values on the chart.

• Scale
  Divides the value by hundreds, thousands, and so on.
• Number
  Re-formats the number value (Original example: 123456).
• Date/Time
  Re-formats the date/time value (Example, Wednesday, December 25, 00:00:00 GMT-08:00 2002).
• Text
  Specifies the length for the value.
• Mapping
  Maps the new value to one or more values.

Format

Lists all the formats of the selected category. For details about each format, see Data Format.

Properties

Specifies the properties for the selected format.

Sample

Displays the selected format effects.

Stack

Lists all the formats that you selected from different categories.

Add

Adds a format to the Stack box.

Remove

Removes a format from the Stack box.

Apply

Applies the specified format to values on the chart.

Minor Label tab

Specifies the data format of the minor tick mark labels on the axis. See the tab.

To specify a format, first select a category from the Category box, then select the required format of this category from the Format box. The selected format will be displayed in the Properties text box. You can further edit the format if you want. Then, click the Add button to add the format to the Stack box. You can also check Correlate with Major Label to specify that the data format of the minor tick mark labels correlates with that of the major tick mark labels. Repeat the steps to specify formats for other categories. Only one format can be defined for each category.

The following are details about options in the tab:

Correlate with Major Label

If checked, the data format of the minor tick mark labels will correlate with that of the major tick mark labels automatically. Only when it is unchecked can the format properties of the minor tick mark labels take effect.

Category

Specifies different formats from the following categories to display values on the chart.

• Scale
  Divides the value by hundreds, thousands, and so on.
• Number
  Re-formats the number value (Original example: 123456).
• Date/Time
  Re-formats the date/time value (Example, Wednesday, December 25, 00:00:00 GMT-08:00 2002).
• Text
  Specifies the length for the value.
• Mapping
  Maps the new value to one or more values.

Format

Lists all the formats of the selected category. For details about each format, see Data Format.

Properties

Specifies the properties for the selected format.

Sample

Displays the selected format effects.

Stack

Lists all the formats that you selected from different categories.

Add

Adds a format to the Stack box.

Remove

Removes a format from the Stack box.

Apply

Applies the specified format to values on the chart.

When you open the dialog to specify the data format for objects other than the category axis (the X axis) in a chart, the options in the dialog are as follows. See the dialog.

To specify a format, first select a category from the Category box, then select the required format of this category from the Format box. The selected format will be displayed in the Properties text box. You can further edit the format if you want. Then, click the Add button to add the format to the Stack box. Repeat the steps to specify formats for other categories. Only one format can be defined for each category.

The following are details about options in the dialog:

Category

Specifies different formats from the following categories to display values on the chart.

• Scale
  Divides the value by hundreds, thousands, and so on.
• Number
  Re-formats the number value (Original example: 123456).
• Date/Time
  Re-formats the date/time value (Example, Wednesday, December 25, 00:00:00 GMT-08:00 2002).
• Text
  Specifies the length for the value.
• Mapping
  Maps the new value to one or more values.

Format

Lists all the formats of the selected category. For details about each format, see Data Format.

Properties

Specifies the properties for the selected format.

Sample

Displays the selected format effects.

Stack

Lists all the formats that you selected from different categories.

Add

Adds a format to the Stack box.

Remove

Removes a format from the Stack box.

Apply

Applies the specified format to values on the chart.

OK

Applies the changes and closes the dialog.

Cancel

Does not retain any changes and closes the dialog.

Displays the help document about this feature.

Ignores the setting and closes this dialog.