Annotations Page

Tasks

• Create and customize image and text annotations.

Page Elements

Chart preview area

Previews a chart’s layout.

Annotation selector

Specifies an annotation to be created and/or customized.

Note that you can select an annotation directly on the chart preview area.

Options tabs

The following tabs are available on this page.

• General

  Specify an annotation’s name, adjust its visibility, z-order and layout.

• Anchor Point

  Choose an element to anchor to (chart, pane, or series point), and adjust the corresponding options.

• Shape Position

  Choose an annotation’s shape position type (free or relative), and adjust the corresponding options.

• Content

  Depending on an annotation’s type (text or image), specify its content.

• Padding

  Specify an annotation’s inner indents.

• Appearance

  Adjust an annotation’s background color, fill style, shape and connector options.

• Border

  Specify visibility, color and thickness of an annotation’s borders.

• Shadow

  Specifies visibility, color and size of an annotation’s shadow.