Formatting a Panel Stack for Export

You can determine how a panel stack is displayed when it is exported to Excel and PDF. First, you determine whether or not to clip the contents of the panel stack if the contents of the panel stack are bigger than the panel stack itself (for example, a wide Grid/Graph).

Prerequisite

The following procedure assumes that the document already contains the panel stack to be exported. For instructions to create a panel stack, see Inserting a panel stack into a document.

 

To format a panel stack for export

  1. Open the document in Design or Editable Mode.

  2. Right-click the panel stack to format and select Properties and Formatting. The Properties and Formatting dialog box opens.

  3. From the left, select Advanced.

  4. Select whether or not to clip the panel stack:

    Note: If you clear this check box, the remaining Export properties are not available. Click OK to save your changes and return to the document.

  5. Define whether all panels are exported or only the current panel is exported. Select one of the following options from the Expand panels drop-down list:

  6. If you selected Vertical or Horizontal, specify the amount of Spacing between the panels. The unit of measurement is inches.

  7. If you selected Vertical, determine whether or not an individual panel can be split across pages:

  8. Click OK to save your changes and return to the document.

Related topics

About formatting panels and panel stacks

Exporting a document

 

 

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