Edit or Format a Title or Footnote

When you edit a title or footnote, you can change the text and the font properties. You can also use subscript or superscript values, and you can enter Unicode characters.

Note: Once you edit a title or footnote, then the alternate short text is not used. See Use of Alternate Short Text in Graph Elements .

To change a title or footnote:

Right-click the title or footnote that you want to change.
Select Compose Rich Text from the menu. The Compose Rich Text dialog box appears.
Select all or part of the text in the Text box and enter your changes.
You can format the selected text in the following ways:
- Select a different font from the font list box .
- Select a different font size from the size list box .
- Click a button to make the text boldface or italic.
- Select a different font color from the color list box . For details, see Using the Color List Box.
- Click a button to change the text to superscript or subscript .
- In the Insert Characters From section of the dialog box, select a character to insert it in your text. You can change the displayed characters by picking a different selection from the list box.
Click OK.

As an alternative to this procedure, you can double-click the title or footnote and type the new text. You can also change the font characteristics by using the Formatting toolbar. For details, see Using the Formatting Toolbar.