Setting Captions with the Text tab

Use the Text tab to set the captions that appear on the chart as well as their fonts. This tab is shown in Figure 12-7.

Figure 12-7. The Text tab of the Chart Expert.

The Text tab is very easy to understand and modify. It consists of two sections. The top section shows a checkbox for each title that appears on the chart. By default, each caption is set to Auto-Title. This means that the chart will set the caption when you print the report. It uses the chart’s field names to determine what to print. For each caption, you can uncheck Auto-Title option and enter your own caption. What you enter overrides what the chart would have printed on its own. If you uncheck it and leave the text blank, then nothing is printed for that caption.

The lower half section sets the font for each caption. To change the font, select the caption name from the list on the right and then click on the Font button. This brings up the standard Font dialog box and you can set the properties as you wish. When you click OK, you are brought back to the Chart Expert. An example of how the new font settings look are shown above the Font button as well as within the section list on the right.