About the Graph Toolbar

In addition to the Standard and Formatting toolbars that are commonly used in applications, the ODS Graphics Editor has a Graph toolbar. The Graph toolbar contains icons that you can click to select graph objects or to insert items into a graph. (In addition to using the toolbar, you can also insert items by selecting them from the Insert menu.)

The following display shows the Graph toolbar:

To display the Graph toolbar, select View

Toolbars

Graph from the main menu. Be sure Graph is checked.

Note: If you are using SAS 9.2 Phase 1, you should instead select View

Toolbars

Annotation from the main menu.

You can use the following editing icons to edit your graph:

adds a title field to an ODS graph in which you can write a title. Selecting this icon again adds another title.

adds a footnote field to an ODS graph in which you can write a footnote. Selecting this icon again adds another footnote.

You can use the following selection icons:

enables you to select data and then show or hide labels for the selected data. This icon is available only when the graph contains labels.

enables you to select an object on your graph for editing.

You can use the following annotation icons to annotate your graph:

enables you to draw a text box on your graph, to which you can add text.

enables you to draw a line on your graph.

enables you to draw an arrow on your graph.

enables you to draw a rectangle or a square on your graph.

enables you to draw an oval or a circle on your graph.

enables you to select an image to insert into the graph.

places a marker at a place you select on your graph. As shown here, the current marker setting displays as a star. The icon in your operating environment might be different.