Formatting Data Points 

Use

You can format each data point in a chart individually. The options available depend on the chart type.

Procedure

  1. Click on the data series to which the data point to be formatted belongs.

    2. The entire data series is selected.

  2. Click on the data point to be formatted.

    3. Only the data point is selected.

  3. Click on the data point with the right mouse key.
  4. In the context menu choose Format Data Point.

    5. This brings you to the dialog box with the same name. Depending on the chart type, tabstrip Pattern, or Line is displayed.

  5. Make the changes described below and choose OK.

Changing Surfaces

  1. If you want to display the data point in the form of a surface (e.g. for bar or pie charts), choose tabstrip Pattern.
  2. Select the formatting for the filling and for the border of the surfaces. See Changing the Filling and Borders of Surfaces.

Changing Lines

  1. If the data point lies on a line (e.g. for line charts or radar charts), select tabstrip Line.
  2. Select the required formatting for the part of the line that belongs to the selected data point. You can define the type of line, color and width of the line.

The formatting of the rest of the line is not changed by this setting.
  1. With Marker you can also define the symbol to be used to display the data point and how the symbol should be formatted.