Steps to apply a texture to a graph object

Textures can help to distinguish between different series risers in a graph without having to rely solely on color. However, the formatting applied for each texture can be drastically different from other textures. For this reason it is important to make sure the textures you apply to your graph objects are visually appealing when displayed on the same graph.

To apply a texture to a graph object

1. Open a report. (How?)

2. If the report is not already in Graph view, from the View menu, select GraphView to display the report as a graph.

3. Right-click a graph object such as a riser, marker, graph frame, legend, and so on, and select Formatname of object from the right-click menu. This option is named differently, depending on the object you select. For example, for a line in a line graph, this option is named Format Data Marker. The Preferences dialog box opens.

4. Click the Fill category. For information on the different options on this category and how you can modify the line of an object, see Fill formatting for graph objects.

5. From the Background type drop-down list, select Textureto display texture formatting options.

6. Use the various tabs to browse to and select a picture. You can also click Select Texture to browse to an image file to use as a texture for the graph object.

7. Click OK to apply the texture to the currently selected object.