Fonts Property Tab

This tab give you a number of options for setting font properties.

Undisplayed Graphic

Font property settings are described in the following table.

Setting

Description

Graph Title
(default)

Select this option to apply font settings to the graph's title, which always appears centered at the top of the graphing window.

Other Titles

Select this option to apply font settings to the graph's left, right, and bottom titles. The same settings apply to all three of these titles.

Labels

Select this option to apply font settings to the graph's labels, including axis labels (for graphs with X-Y-Z grids and polar graphs), pie chart labels, and data labels. The same settings apply to all labels in the graph.

Legend

Select this option to apply font settings to the graph's legend.

Name
(default is Arial)

In this list box, select any installed Windows font for the selected text.

Italic
(default is off)

Select this option to italicize the text.

Bold
(default is off)

Select this option to display the text in boldface.

Underline
(default is off)

Select this option to underline the text.

Smart Scale
(default is on)

Select this option to have the Graph Control automatically use smaller type if the size you specify (using the Smaller-Bigger scroll bar) makes the text too large for the available space. If the Graph Control can't make the type small enough to fit, the text won't be displayed. If you deselect Smart Scale, the Graph Control won't attempt to use type smaller than you specify with the Smaller-Bigger scroll bar. If the text is too large for the space available, it won't be displayed.

Smaller-Bigger

This scroll bar lets you set the size of type. If Smart Scale is selected, the Graph Control may override your setting to make the text small enough to fit in the graphing window. Each click the Smaller end of the scroll bar decreases the text size by 5 arbitrary units (to a minimum of 50), and each click the Bigger end increases it by 5 units (to a maximum of 500). The initial size depends on which type of text you're sizing.

Reset

Choose this button to reset the text size to the default.

Setting	Description
Graph Title (default)	Select this option to apply font settings to the graph's title, which always appears centered at the top of the graphing window.
Other Titles	Select this option to apply font settings to the graph's left, right, and bottom titles. The same settings apply to all three of these titles.
Labels	Select this option to apply font settings to the graph's labels, including axis labels (for graphs with X-Y-Z grids and polar graphs), pie chart labels, and data labels. The same settings apply to all labels in the graph.
Legend	Select this option to apply font settings to the graph's legend.
Name (default is Arial)	In this list box, select any installed Windows font for the selected text.
Italic (default is off)	Select this option to italicize the text.
Bold (default is off)	Select this option to display the text in boldface.
Underline (default is off)	Select this option to underline the text.
Smart Scale (default is on)	Select this option to have the Graph Control automatically use smaller type if the size you specify (using the Smaller-Bigger scroll bar) makes the text too large for the available space. If the Graph Control can't make the type small enough to fit, the text won't be displayed. If you deselect Smart Scale, the Graph Control won't attempt to use type smaller than you specify with the Smaller-Bigger scroll bar. If the text is too large for the space available, it won't be displayed.
Smaller-Bigger	This scroll bar lets you set the size of type. If Smart Scale is selected, the Graph Control may override your setting to make the text small enough to fit in the graphing window. Each click the Smaller end of the scroll bar decreases the text size by 5 arbitrary units (to a minimum of 50), and each click the Bigger end increases it by 5 units (to a maximum of 500). The initial size depends on which type of text you're sizing.
Reset	Choose this button to reset the text size to the default.