About the Graph Style Editor

Introduction to the Graph Style Editor

The ODS Graphics Designer includes an interactive Graph Style Editor that you can use to create your own custom styles. You base custom styles on existing styles. When you create custom styles, you change the attributes for various style elements. The Graph Style Editor shows the association between the style elements and the different parts of the graph.

See Also

About Styles and Style Elements

Open the Graph Style Editor

To open the Graph Style Editor, select Toolsthen selectStyle Editor.
As an alternative, open a graph whose style you want to change, and select Formatthen selectStyle then selectEdit Current Style. When opened this way, the Graph Style Editor enables you to modify the style of the graph and immediately apply the modified style to the graph. For more information, see Modify and Apply the Current Style.

The Graph Style Editor's User Interface

The Graph Style Editor organizes style components using the following hierarchy:
element groupsthen selectelementsthen selectattributes
Style elements are organized into groups, and each element has its own particular attributes.
The following display shows how the Graph Style Editor represents these style components.
Graph Style Editor
Graph Style Editor
1Style element groups
a list of style element groups. In the Graph Style Editor, style elements are organized into element groups. The Plot group is selected by default.
2Style elements
the list of style elements that are in the selected element group. When the Plot group is selected, these include all the style elements that are used to draw the bars, markers, or lines of a plot. The GraphDataDefault element is selected by default.
3Style element attributes
the list of attributes for each style element. You can use the controls to change the values for the attributes, such as the color, marker symbol, text attributes, and so on.
4Sample graphs
visual representations that show the relationships between various plot elements and the style elements. You can click on a part of the graph, such as the title, footnote, or marker, to see which style element controls a particular plot element. For example, click on the title and the GraphTitleText style element is selected. You can then change the style element's attributes.
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