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5. Set the properties for the type of business graphic you selected. PlanetPress Design grays out properties
that are not available for a specific type of business graphic.
Bar graph
Show text on graphic: Select to display the data as text under the bar.
Baseline value: Enter a baseline value for the bar graph.
Spacing percentage: Enter the amount of space, expressed as a percentage, to leave to the right of
each bar. This determines both the width of each bar and the amount of space to its right, as follows.
PlanetPress Design divides the width of the business graphic object by the number of bars in the graph
to obtain the maximum width for each bar. It then uses the Spacing percentage to determine the
amount of space the bar itself occupies.
Set bar width: Select to specify an exact width for each of the bars in the graph, and enter the width in
the Bar width box. In this case PlanetPress Design uses the Spacing percentage to determine only the
amount of space to leave to the right of each bar; the value in the Bar width box overrides the bar width
value the Spacing percentage yields. Unless the bar width you specify is equal to the one the Spacing
percentage yields, setting the bar width results in an automatic adjustment to the size of the business
graphic object.
Bar width: Enter an exact width for each of the bars in the graph.
Automatic height adjustment: Select to automatically make the height of the tallest bar in the bar
graph, equal to the height of the business graphic object. Clear to specify the height using Units per
inch/centimeter.
Units per inch/centimeter: Enter the number of units PlanetPress Design displays for each unit of
measure. The unit of measure is as set in the User Options dialog box.
Use 3D effect: Select to use a 3D effect on each bar of the bar graph.
Angle: Enter the angle, in degrees, for the 3D effect.
Depth: Enter a depth to use for the 3D effect. Units are as set in the User Options dialog box.
Line graph
Show text on graphic: Select to display the data as text above each point on the graph.
Baseline value: Enter a baseline value for the line graph.
Automatic height adjustment: Select to automatically make the highest point in the line graph, equal
to the height of the business graphic object. Clear to specify the height using Units per inch/centimeter.
Units per inch/centimeter: Enter the number of units PlanetPress Design will display for each unit of
measure. The unit of measure is as set in the User Options dialog box.
Pie chart
Show text on graphic: Select to display the data as text alongside the pie chart. If this is selected,
PlanetPress Design uses the style set for the business graphic in Basic attributes.
Use 3D effect: Select to use a 3D effect with the pie chart.
Angle: Enter the angle, in degrees, for the 3D effect.
Depth: Enter a depth to use for the 3D effect. Units are as set in the User Options dialog box.
6. In the Business Graphic properties dialog box, click Data, select the data you want to use for the
business graphic, and set the options for the data selection.
Skip lines with invalid data: Select to remove any empty lines or lines that do not contain valid
integer, measure or currency values from the data selection.
Thousands separator: Enter the thousands separator the input data uses. PlanetPress Design requires
this to ensure it reads the input data correctly. It does not use this or any other thousands separator in
the values it displays.
Decimal separator: Enter the decimal point separator the input data uses. PlanetPress Design requires
this to ensure it reads the input data correctly. It does not use it as the decimal separator in the values
it displays. Rather, it uses a period as the decimal separator.
Currency symbol: Enter the currency symbol the input data uses. PlanetPress Design requires this to
ensure it reads the input data correctly. It does not use this or any other currency symbol in the values
it displays.
7. In the Business Graphic properties dialog box, click Colors and select the colors you want the
business graphic to use.
8. Click OK.
To select colors for a business graphic:
1. In the Business Graphic properties dialog box, click Colors to display the list of colors the business
graphic uses. The Color list is initially empty; you must define each of the colors you want the graphic to
use.
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