Graph Wizard: X Axis dialog

Use this dialog to configure the X-axis (i.e. the horizontal axis) of a graph.

For more information, see:

"More about worksheets and graphs"

"About components of a Discoverer graph"

"How to edit a graph"

Show X-Axis title

Use this check box to display or hide the X-axis graph title defined in the field below.

Title field

Use this field to enter a title for the X-axis. By default, the title is displayed below the X-Axis. Once defined, you can drag and drop the title to a new location.

Insert

Use this button to add pre-defined graph details to your X-axis title. These include the worksheet name, workbook name, current date, and current time. These values are updated automatically when you look at a graph.

X-Axis Title Font

Use this button to display the Title Font dialog. Here, you can change the default font, font style, font size, font color, and alignment style (see "Graph Wizard: Font dialog").

Select options for line on the X-Axis

• Line thickness

  Use this pull down list to specify the thickness of the X-axis line.

• Line color

  Use this pull down list to specify the color of the X-axis line.

Select options for the labels displayed on the X-Axis

Use these radio buttons to specify how X-axis labels are displayed. For more information about X-axis tick labels, see "About components of a Discoverer graph".

• Show tick marks for all labels on the axis

  Use this radio button to display labels for all items on the X-axis. Use this option when you want to display a small number of X-axis labels along the bottom of the graph.

• Show tick marks for some labels on the axis

  Use this radio button to display some X-axis labels but not others. Use this option when you have a large number of X-axis labels along the bottom of the graph that will not fit on the graph. When you select this radio button, the following fields become active:

  • Automatically skip labels to fit

  • Starting with tick mark

  • Tick marks to skip between labels

Automatically skip labels to fit

Use this radio button when you want to display only tick labels that fit on the graph without overlapping other labels.

Start with tick mark

Use this field to specify where to start the X-axis labels from. For example, enter '3' to start from the third tick label from the left.

Tick marks to skip between labels

Use this field when you want to leave a gap between each X-axis label. For example, enter '2' to leave a gap of two spaces between each tick label.

X-axis Label Font

Use this button to display the Title Font dialog. Here, you can change the default font, font style, font size, font color, and alignment style (see "Graph Wizard: Font dialog").