Caption: Regular report

Chart caption is a text element containing a brief description of chart contents.

To set up chart caption, use the Caption group of parameters on the side panel or for a quick setup use the Formatting toolbar tab.

To open the Caption group of parameters, select the chart and click the Parameters button on the toolbar and select the required group.

To automatically set caption position, select the Position Automatically checkbox. The checkbox is selected by default. When moving caption position this checkbox is automatically deselected. Moving of caption area is available for all chart types except the following: secondary pie charts, secondary histograms, 3D pie charts with absolute values, stock exchange charts, histograms with fluctuation intervals, box charts, box charts with linear series.

Chart caption is placed automatically above the chart plot area.

Set font options:

Font. Select one of the available fonts in the drop-down list. If required, one can load custom fonts.
Font Size. Select the required font size. The size is set in points, and it can be selected in the drop-down list or entered manually. The range of available values: [8; 72].
Color. Select font color in the drop-down color palette. One can select standard and custom colors. The palette contains only standard colors by default.

To create a custom color:

Click the Add Color button. The advanced color palette opens.

Select a color in the advanced color palette, use color picker to select color on a browser page, or set color code in the RGB or HEX format.

After executing the operations the custom color is created and added to the palette.

NOTE. The maximum possible number of custom colors in the palette is 23.

To delete custom color from the palette, select the Delete item in the selected color's context menu.

Font Style. Select font style:

B. Bold. One can also use CTRL+B to set this option.
I. Italic. One can also use CTRL+I to set this option.
U. Underline. One can also use CTRL+U to set this option.

NOTE. As a rule, the CTRL+U hotkey combination is reserved in the browser for opening source code of the current page. To use this hotkey combination for underlining text, redefine its purpose in browser settings.

S. Strikethrough. One can also use ALT+SHIFT+5 for this purpose.

When the button is pressed, the corresponding font style is used. Several styles can be used simultaneously, for example, pressed B and I buttons result in bold italic font style.

Text Alignment. Set text alignment relative to caption borders:

Left. Default value. One can also use CTRL+SHIFT+L to set this option.
Center. One can also use CTRL+SHIFT+E to set this option.
Right. One can also use CTRL+SHIFT+R to set this option.

NOTE. As a rule, the CTRL+SHIFT+R combination of keys is reserved for refreshing of the current browser page. To use this hotkey combination for aligning text to the right, redefine its purpose in browser settings.

Only one option can be selected.

To set up caption area background, select the fill type in the drop-down list:

No Fill. Default value. Fill is not used.
Solid Fill. Select solid fill color in the drop-down palette. If required, specify fill opacity percent.
Two-Color Fill. Select start and end gradient colors in the drop-down palette. If required, specify tilt angle and fill opacity percent.
Hatching Fill. Execute the operations:

Select solid fill color in the drop-down palette. If required, specify fill color and hatching color transparency percent.
Select texture option in the Hatching drop-down list.
Select hatching color in the drop-down color palette.

One can select standard and custom colors in the drop-down palette. The palette contains only standard colors by default. To create a custom color, use the advanced color palette that is available after clicking the Add Color button. The maximum possible number of custom colors in the palette is 23. To delete custom color from the palette, select the Delete item in the selected color's context menu.

To reset the specified fill settings, click the Delete button.

To set up caption area border, set:

Line Type. Select line type in the drop-down list.
Line Color. Select line color in the drop-down palette. One can select standard and custom colors. The palette contains only standard colors by default. To create a custom color, use the advanced color palette that is available after clicking the Add Color button. The maximum possible number of custom colors in the palette is 23. To delete custom color from the palette, select the Delete item in the selected color's context menu.

Line Width. Set the required line width using the keyboard or the value editor.

To reset the specified border settings, click the Delete button.

Caption Formatting Quick Setup

Set up font parameters:

Font. Select one of the available font styles in the drop-down list. If required, one can load custom fonts.
Font Size. Set the required font size. The size is set in points, and it can be selected in the drop-down list or entered manually. The range of available values: [8; 72].
Color. Click the Font Color button and select text color in the drop-down color palette. One can select standard and custom colors. The palette contains only standard colors by default. To create a custom color, use the advanced color palette that is available after clicking the Add Color button. The maximum possible number of custom colors in the palette is 23. To delete custom color from the palette, select the Delete item in the selected color's context menu.

NOTE. Color of the Font Color button changes for the selected color.

Font Style. Select font style in the drop-down list:

B. Bold. One can also use CTRL+B to set this font style.
I. Italic. One can also use CTRL+I to set this font style.
U. Underline. One can also use CTRL+U to set this font style.

S. Strikethrough. One can also use ALT+SHIFT+5 for this purpose.

When the button is pressed, the corresponding font style is used. One can also use several styles at the same time, for example, clicking the B and I buttons results in the bold italic style.

To set up title area fill, click the Fill Color button. The color palette opens. Select a fill method:

No Fill. Click the No Color button. Fill is not used by default.
Solid Fill. Open the Single Color tab, select solid fill color and specify opacity percent if required.
Two-Color Fill. Open the Two Colors tab and select start and end colors of two-color gradient. If required, specify opacity percent and tilt angle.

NOTE. If solid fill is selected, color indication of the Fill Color button changes to the selected color, and if two-color fill is selected, it changes to the gradient.

One can select standard and custom colors. The palette contains only standard colors by default. To create a custom color, use the advanced color palette that is available after clicking the Add Color button. The maximum possible number of custom colors in the palette is 23. To delete custom color from the palette, select the Delete item in the selected color's context menu.

To determine a method for inside cell alignment, use the Alignment group of settings.

Set the caption alignment option:

Left. The title is aligned to the left area border.
Center. The title is positioned at equal distance from the left and right area borders.
Right. The title is aligned to the right area border.

To set mixed formatting in caption, change font options of the selected text part. The action is available only during the quick setup of caption formatting.