Properties and Formatting Dialog Box

You can modify your entire document, as well as the individual controls within it, using the Properties and Formatting dialog box. The Properties and Formatting dialog box contains options to perform a wide variety of tasks with your document, including the following:

• Modify the look and feel of individual controls, including font properties and background color.
• Modify properties specific to the type of control, such as the target of a selector or the length of a line.
• Adjust the position of controls.
• Select a widget to use for a specific Grid/Graph.

Properties and Formatting Dialog Box Contents

The options displayed in the Properties and Formatting dialog box depend on the type of control or object selected. Therefore, some options may not be displayed.

The Properties and Formatting dialog box contains the following options. Click any of the properties below for help specific to that property.

• For individual controls in the document, including text fields, selectors, widgets, and panel stacks:
  • Properties:
    • General
    • Layout
    • Image
    • Grid
    • Line

    • Selector

      Image, Grid, Line, and Selector are displayed when they are added to a document.

    • Widget (displayed only if you select a report or a widget)
  • Format:
    • Color and Lines
    • Font
    • Number
    • Alignment
    • Effects
    • Theme

Accessing the Properties and Formatting dialog box

1. Edit the document to be formatted.
   • To edit a document in Design Mode, from a folder, right-click the document and select Edit. If the document is open in Presentation Mode, click the menu icon on the right, and select Edit.
   • To edit a document in Editable Mode, from a folder, right-click the document, point to Run as, and select Editable. If the document is open in Design Mode, click the Editable Mode icon .
2. Right-click the control to format and select Properties and Formatting.