MicroStrategy ONE

Applying drop shadows to panel stacks

Before you begin

You should be familiar with the different parts of a panel stack. See Defining the parts of a panel stack for detailed descriptions.

Drop shadows "float" the panel stack on top of the background. When you format the borders of a panel stack, the formatting applies to all panels in the panel stack. For an example of drop shadows on a control, see Applying drop shadows to controls.

Prerequisite

This procedure assumes you have added a panel stack to the document. For instructions, see Adding panel stacks to documents.

To apply a drop shadow to a panel stack

Drop shadows take precedence over any existing border. If you later remove the drop shadow, the original border settings are restored.

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

  2. If the Property List pane is not displayed, click Property List at the bottom of the panel on the left. If the panel is not displayed at all, select Property List from the View menu.

  3. Select the panel stack to format.

  4. In the Property List: Appearance section, set Drop Shadow to True.

  5. In the Drop shadow depth field, set the offset of the drop shadow, measured in points.

You can also use the Format Objects dialog box to define drop shadows.