Formatting a Cylinder widget

What to Format in the Widget

How to Format It

Colors and shading scheme of the cylinder

1. In Flash Mode, right-click the widget and select Properties. The Cylinder dialog box opens.

2. From the Cylinder Type drop-down list, select a shading scheme for the cylinder.

3. Click OK to save the changes.

Numbers that appear at the bottom and top of the cylinder (minimum and maximum)

1. In Flash Mode, right-click the widget and select Properties. The Cylinder dialog box opens.

2. In the Min Value and Max Value fields, type the minimum and maximum values for the cylinder.

3. Click OK to save the changes.

Determine whether or not to apply formatting inherited from the widget's Grid/Graph to the widget

The following formatting options can be inherited from the widget's Grid/Graph:

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• Font type, size, and color

• Legend formatting, including legend position, legend background and border color, and font used to display items in the legend.

• Background and border color of the widget

1. In Editable Mode, right-click the widget, then point to View Mode and select Graph View.

2. From the Format menu, select Graph. The Format: Graph dialog box opens.

3. Format the widget's Grid/Graph by selecting the appropriate options in the Format: Graph dialog box. For specific steps to format the widget's Grid/Graph, see the Graphing chapter in the Advanced Reporting Guide.

4. Click OK to return to the widget.

5. In Flash Mode, right-click the widget and select Properties. The Cylinder dialog box opens.

6. Do one of the following:

• To apply formatting from the widget's Grid/Graph, select the Inherit grid formatting check box.

• To display the widget without inheriting formatting, clear the Inherit grid formatting check box.

7. Click OK to save the changes.