Page Settings panel

After choosing the page layout for a story, you can format its pages in the Compose room.

Use the Compose room to create and edit presentation-style documents known as stories. Stories use visualizations, text blocks, pictures and graphics, and input controls to describe your data. They can include multiple pages, and each page can be a board, infographic, or report.
Table 1: PAGE SETTINGS

Page layout

Page elements available

Infographic

PAGE SETTINGS
  • Size: Select Standard (4:3), Widescreen (16:9), or Continuous Scrolling.
  • Background Color: Select a background color for the infographic page.
  • Grid Properties: Select the Show check box to display grid lines on the infographic page.
  • Refresh page: Select to refresh visualizations on the infographic page.
  • Refresh page on open: Select ON to refresh the infographic page or OFF to avoid refreshing the page when it opens.

Board

PAGE SETTINGS
  • Board Title: Select the Show Title check box to display the board page title.
  • Background Color: Select a background color for the board page.
  • Background Image: Add a background image to the board page.

Report

BACKGROUND COLOR: Select a background color for the report page.

Table 2: SECTION COLOR

Formatting

Description

Background color

Select a background color for this section of the page.

Table 3: ACTIONS

Action

Description

Order Items

Choose where the item is positioned in relation to other items: Send Backward, Send to Back, Bring Forward, or Bring to Front.

Alignment

Choose how the item is aligned: Align Left, Align Center, Align Right, Align Top, Align Middle, or Align Bottom.

Other Actions

Select Duplicate to copy the item or Expand to expand the item to the window size.

Size and Position

Select the width, height, X-axis position, Y-axis position, and angle of the item.

Table 4: Page element properties

Page element

Formatting element

Visualizations

VISUALIZATION PROPERTIES
  • General:
    • Show Chart Title: Select to display the chart title and format it.
    • Show Legend: Select to display the chart legend and format it.
    • Show Data Labels: Select to display the values for each dimension in a chart.
    • Format Data Labels: Select to format the values for each dimension in a chart.
  • X Axis and Y Axis:
    • Show Axis: Select to display the axis.
    • Show Axis Title: Select to display the axis title and to format it.
    • Show Axis Labels: Select to display axis labels and to format them.
  • Bar: Select a bar shape or pictogram to display as the bars in a bar chart, and choose the color of the bars.
  • Column: Select a column shape or pictogram to display as the columns in a column chart, and choose the color of the columns.
  • Line chart elements:
    • Chart Area: Select the background color of the chart area.
    • Chart Title: Display the chart title and format it.
    • Plot Area: Select the background color of the plot area.
    • Legend: Display a chart legend and to display a legend title and format it.
    • Data Label: Display data labels or data-label pictograms.
    • Horizontal Axis: Display the axis line and ticker, display axis labels and format them, and display axis pictograms.
    • Horizontal Axis Title: Display the axis title and format it.
    • Vertical Axis: Display the axis line and ticker, display axis labels and format them, and adjust the axis value scale.
    • Vertical Axis Title: Display the axis title and format it.
    • Marker: Select and format a pictogram to represent data points.
    • Line: Set the line color, thickness, and style.
    • Plot Area: Show or hide grid lines.
  • Donut chart elements:
    • Chart Area: Change the size of the inner circle in the donut.
    • Chart Title: Display the chart title and format it.
    • Plot Area: Change the background color of the plot area.
    • Legend: Display a chart legend and to display a legend title and format it.
    • Slice: Change the color of a slice of the donut (to draw attention to that data point).
    • Data Label: Select the Show Data Labels check box to display the data labels and format them.
  • Crosstab chart elements:
    • Expand Crosstab to See All rows: Expand the crosstab vertically to see all the rows it contains. The page size is changed to continuous scrolling when this option is selected.

Text

TEXT PROPERTIES
  • Font: Select the font style, size, and color for text.
  • Background Color: Select the background color for text.
  • Alignment: Select the paragraph justification for text.
  • Lists: Add bulleted or numbered lists to text.
  • Hyperlink: Add, edit, or remove a hyperlink.
  • Dynamic Text: Add, edit, or remove dynamic text.

Pictures

IMAGE PROPERTIES
  • Display Mode: Select how to handle image scaling.
    • Contain: The entire image is contained in the frame, maintaining the image's aspect ratio.
    • Cover: The image is scaled to cover or fill the entire frame, maintaining the image's aspect ratio. Some parts of the image may be cropped.
    • Stretched: The entire image is stretched to fit in the entire frame.
    • Pan: The image is scaled to fill the horizontal dimension of the frame. The bottom of the image may be cropped.
  • Background Color: Select a background color for the picture.
  • Image Actions: Add, edit, or remove a hyperlink.

Input Controls

SELECTION MODE: For a dimension in a visualization, select Single to show one value or Multi to show multiple values.

Pictograms

PICTOGRAM PROPERTIES
  • Fill Color: Select the fill color for the pictogram.
  • Line Color: Select the line color for the pictogram.
  • Pictogram Actions: Add, edit, or remove a hyperlink.
Note

Fill Color and Line Color properties are not available for custom pictograms that you added to the application.

Shapes

SHAPE PROPERTIES
  • Fill Color: Select the fill color for the shape.
  • Line Color: Select the line color for the shape.
  • Line Width: Select the width of lines (in pixels) for a shape.
  • Shape Actions: Add, edit, or remove a hyperlink.
Note

Fill Color, Line Color, and Line Width properties are not available for custom shapes that you added to the application.