About the Editor’s Graphical Interface

The ODS Graphics Editor user interface consists of several main components, as shown in the following display:

ODS Graphics Editor Graphical Interface

ODS Graphics Editor graphical user interface

1Main menu bar

contains menus that you can use to perform these tasks:

open, save, and print SGE files
copy and paste items, and change the view (zoom and toolbars)
insert titles, footnotes, and annotations
arrange, group, and order annotations
move titles and footnotes up or down
apply a different style to a graph, and set graph properties

Note: In addition to the main menu, the editor has context menus that you can access by right-clicking various parts of a graph.

2Standard toolbar

provides access to file operations, such as print, copy, paste, and undo.

3Graph toolbar

provides an easy way to select graph objects or to insert items into a graph. For more information, see About the Graph Toolbar in SAS ODS Graphics Editor: User's Guide.

4Work area

contains the graph that you want to edit or annotate.

5Formatting toolbar

provides formatting tools that enable you to change the font, size, color, and other attributes of text elements and annotations.

Note: This toolbar is active only if you have text or annotation objects selected in your graph. The text element that you select might be a title, footnote, an axis label, or a legend.

About the Editor’s Graphical Interface

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