Select the chart type you wish to customise the settings for.

Select this check box to make 2D lines appear in the same colour as the series. (This is available for Polar, Scatter, Line and Fit to curve charts).

If you are producing an Area, Column or Horizontal Bar style chart you can specify a stacked style. To place data side by side on your chart, choose None. To position each data set above the previous one, adding its value to the stacked bar, choose the Stack option. To stack data and also calculate the percentage that each series represents of the whole part, choose the Stack 100% option.

You can display the plotted points on your chart if required. Use this drop-down box to select the marker shape you wish to use either None, Triangle, Variable, Rectangle, Marble, Circle or Cube.

When producing most reports you can select the grid style. You can have no lines, horizontal, vertical or both horizontal and vertical lines displayed on your chart. This option is not available if you are producing Pie or Doughnut charts.

Use the slider to set the marker size for the plotted points on your chart.

When producing a chart you can choose Solid, Black and White Patterns or Colour Patterns.

Use the slider to control the volume that every marker will occupy. Sliding the marker to the right causes the markers to appear together (i.e. joined bars).

Select this check box to activate the cluster option for a 3D chart. Note: the 3D option on the 3D View tab must be selected before you can create cluster charts.