How-To: Format a chart's title - OpenOffice.org Calc
- To format a chart's title first double click on the chart to select it and enter the edit mode.
- Next, right-click over the chart.
- On the menu that opens, move your mouse over the option "Title" and then on the side menu that appears click on "Main Title..."
- The chart title window should open.
- This window lets you format the different elements of the chart's title. First we will look at the border options. Click on the borders tab here.
- In the borders tab you can adjust the line properties of the border. Click on this down arrow to see a list of options for the line style.
- Just look for the style of line you want and click on it.
- In this example we are choosing "Line Style 9."
- Good! once you've chosen a style you should see other options below. You can adjust the line's color, width and transparency here.
- Just adjust the elements you want. Here we are increasing the width of the line.
- Now, let's look at the area tab. Click on it's tab here.
- Here you can choose the "fill" or background of the chart title. Click on this down arrow to view the list of options.
- For this example we have chosen "Color" to be the background. Just look and click on the color you want.
- Once you have chosen a color, in this case Yellow, click on the "Transparency" tab here.
- Here you can adjust the chart title's transparency. Just click on the option you want.
- In this example we don't want to use transparency so we're not changing anything. Next, click here on "Characters" to move on.
- On this tab, you should see options on font style, font size, typeface and langauage. Just click on the options you want.
- For this example we are choosing, BellGothic as the font, and 20 as the font size.
- Afterwards, click on "Font Effects"
- Here you will find font effect options like underlines, strikethroughs, font color etc. Just click on the options you need.
- Lastly we will look at the alignment options. You can see them here at the "Alignment" tab. Click on it once.
- Here you can adjust the text direction of the title. Once adjusted, click on OK below.
- Great! As you can see the chart's title has been formatted.
- Congratulations! You have learned how to format a chart's title.
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Format a chart's title
This screencast demonstrates how to format a chart's title. You learn:
- How to enter the edit mode of a chart.
- How to access the Chart Title window.
- How to format the different elements of a chart's title.
Advanced topics
For advanced functionality with similar results see:
- Enter the edit mode of a chart
- Edit the chart area
- Change the legend's position
- Insert an object name for a chart
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