Font Format: Item dialog: Display Options tab

Use this tab of the "Font Format: Item dialog" to set properties for the display of titles, scale labels, and data labels in a graph, gauge, or trellis.

For more information, see:

• "Graph Properties dialog: Titles and Labels tab"

• "Gauge Properties dialog: Titles and Labels tab"

• "Trellis Properties dialog: Titles and Labels tab"

This dialog is also displayed as:

Format: Item dialog: Display Options tab

Components

Truncate

This box is available only for titles.

Use this box to specify whether items are to be automatically truncated or truncated by a specified number of characters. If you select Specify, then enter the number of characters in the characters field.

Scale Labels

This box is not available for data labels.

Use this box to specify whether to show or hide scale labels.

Label Orientation

This box is not available for data labels.

Use this box to select the number of degrees scale labels are to be rotated.

Abbreviate

This box is available only for scale and data labels. It is not available for all graph types.

Use this box to select the abbreviation to use for scale and data labels. For example, if you select Million (m) for a scale label of 120,000,000, then the label is abbreviated to 120M.

Show Data Labels

This box is available only for data labels.

Use this box to specify whether to hide or show data labels. Data labels are displayed when you hover the mouse over elements in a graph or gauge.

Data labels are enabled by default for selected 2D graph types. Data labels have no effect on graphs such as 3D bar and column.

Value

This list is only available for waterfall graphs.

Use this list to display the actual or cumulative value of the measure. The options are:

• Actual — Use this box to display the actual value of the measure.

• Subtotal — Use this box to display the cumulative value beginning with the first measure inclusive of the current measure.