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Style: Specify the style of the border such as solid, dashed or dotted.
Equivalent to the border-style property.
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Color: Specify the color of the border. The color value must be a valid HTML Color
Name, or a valid HTML Hex Color. Equivalent to the border-color property.
Pie Chart Properties dialog
The Pie Chart dialog appears when a Pie Chart object is right-clicked and the Pie Chart...
option is clicked. It determines how the Pie Chart is displayed when generating output and in
Preview mode (see "Business graphics" on page457).
General tab
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Text Group: Determines how text is displayed in labels and legends.
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Font: Type in the font-face to use to display text. The font must be installed on the
system and defaults to Verdana if the font is not found. Equivalent to the font-
family property.
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Size: Type in the size of the font. For example, 12pt or 20px. Defaults to 11px.
Equivalent to the font-size property.
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Color: Type in the color in which to display text. The color value must be a valid
HTML Hex Color. Equivalent to the color property.
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Slice Colors Group: Determines which colors are used to display the Pie Chart.
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Apply: select which set of colors to use for the chart: standardColors, baseColor
(a set of colors based on the color defined in the Base Color option) or colors (a set
of colors defined in the Color Array option).
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Base Color: Enter a valid HTML Hex Color. When a Base Color is set, it will be the
color of the first slice and the colors of all other slices are based on this color.
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Brightness Step: Enter the amount of brightness to change on each new slice.
Positive values increase brightness (max: 100), minimum values decrease
brightness (minimum: -100). Default is 10.
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Color Array: Enter a comma separated list of hexcolors tospecifythe colors of the
slices.If there are more slices than colors in thislist, the chart picks random colors.
Example: #FF3300, #FFFF00, #33CC33, #FFCC00.
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Gradient Ratio: Enter a start and end point gradient to be applied to each slice (for
example: -0.5,0.5).
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