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Formatting widgets at the document level

You can format various widget properties for the entire document. These include properties that affect the graph axis labels, Pie chart labels, and selectors. For descriptions of each property, and instructions, see:

These properties must be formatted in MicroStrategy Developer; you cannot format them in MicroStrategy Web.

To format the graph axis labels of widgets

  1. Open the document in the Document Editor. (How?)

  2. From the Format menu, select Document Properties. The Document Properties dialog box opens.

  3. Click Flash in the category list on the left.

  4. To determine whether category labels are staggered (displayed on more than one row), select one of the following:

    • To stagger the category labels on multiple rows, select the Allow staggered axis labels check box.

    • To display all category labels on the same row, clear the Allow staggered axis labels check box.

  5. To determine whether category labels can be dropped, select one of the following:

    • To drop category labels so that fewer labels are displayed, select the Use optimal number of labels for category axis to fit the available space check box.

      • When a line graph with a large number of categories is viewed in Flash View, the category axis can become hard to see. Select this option to display fewer labels, so that they are easier to read. For example, the categories on a line graph include all the months in 2027, 2028, and 2029, for a total of 36 labels. When the optimal number of labels is used, only 12 labels are displayed, making it easier to read.

    • To display all category labels, clear the Use optimal number of labels for category axis to fit the available space check box.

  6. To determine whether numeric axes (X1, Y1, and so on) labels can be dropped, select one of the following:

    • To drop numeric axis labels so that fewer labels are displayed, select the Use optimal number of labels for numeric axis to fit the available space check box.

    • To display all numeric axis labels, clear the Use optimal number of labels for numeric axis to fit the available space check box.

  7. Click OK to save the changes and return to the document.

To format the Pie chart labels of widgets

  1. Open the document in the Document Editor. (How?)

  2. From the Format menu, select Document Properties. The Document Properties dialog box opens.

  3. Click Flash in the category list on the left.

  4. To define the maximum space that the pie labels can occupy, use the arrows to select a value between 0 and 100 for the Maximum space allocated for pie labels (%).

    As labels increase in size, the pie chart shrinks. For example, a value of 30 means that the labels can use up to a maximum of 30% of the space that the pie chart and data labels share.

  5. Click OK to save the changes and return to the document.

To format the selectors of widgets

  1. Open the document in the Document Editor. (How?)

  2. From the Format menu, select Document Properties. The Document Properties dialog box opens.

  3. Click Flash in the category list on the left.

  4. To determine whether or not the button bar selector is padded with ten pixels, select or clear the Enable padding for button bar selectors check box.

  5. Click OK to save the changes and return to the document.

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