Text

The Text window is used to set the text properties for the Plot Title, Subtitle, Footer and the text on Axes.

The Plot Title appears above the plot.  The Plot Subtitle appears just below the Title. The Plot Footer is displayed below the plot.  Axis text describes the axis with which is is associated and is drawn next to the axis. 

Text window

Text

This is the text value to display.

Style

This is the font style (plain, bold or italic) to use for the text.

Typeface

This is the font to use for the text.

Color

This is the color to use for the text.

Size

This is the relative size to use for the text.  A value of 1.0 produces the default size. 0.5 will produce text half as large and 2.0 will produce text twice as large.

Rotation

The rotation is a value in degrees by which the text will be rotated.  The value may be between -180 and 180 degrees.

Positioning

Absolute

When you select the Absolute positioning button, you should enter X and Y coordinates for where the title should appear.  These coordinates are in the same units a your data. For example, if your Y axis runs from 0 to 3, then 0 would position the text on the same line as the '0' tick mark and 3 would position the text on the same line as the '3' tick mark.

Grid

When you select the Grid positioning button, you should enter a sector and horizontal and vertical alignment values.  The sector is a set of compass values (North, South, East, West, etc.) and a center value.  These are sectors in different areas for the Title, Subtitle, Footer, Axis and Reference Line.


The X and Y alignment values can be between 0 and 1.0 and indicate where the text should be placed within the chosen sector. For example, if you chose an horizontal alignment value of 0, the text would be placed to the left. If you chose 1.0, the text would be placed to the right.  For vertical alignment values, 0 indicates the lower part of the sector and 1.0 indicates the top of the sector.