Saving a graph style as .3TF

You can save any graph as a template file (.3TF) that you can apply to other graphs later.

Suppose you format a graph report in a certain way and want other graph reports to have the same look and feel as that graph report. For example, you format a bar graph so the bars are green and bevelled, while the data labels are colored orange. You can name and save this formatted report as a template file. The template file is essentially a new graph style.

When you apply the new graph style to other graphs, the graphs are automatically formatted according to your custom style. For example, if your custom style's formatting includes Pie charts in an Impact color scheme, the graph's formatting is updated to include Pie charts in that specific color scheme.

Applying custom graph styles to reports is especially convenient if you want several graph reports in your project to have the same look and feel. Instead of manually adjusting the formatting elements of each graph, you can apply the same custom graph style to the reports.

To save a graph style as .3TF

1. Open the report that you want to save. (How?)

2. If the report is not already displayed as a graph, from the View menu select Graph View.

3. From the Graph menu, select Save Graph Style.

4. In the Save Graph Style dialog box, select the name of an existing file or type a new name in the File name field. Notice that the file type must be .3TF.

5. Click Save to save the file.