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Border Opacity:Enteranumericalvaluebetween0and100todefinetheopacity(inper-

centage)oftheborder.(Equivalenttothe

markerBorderAlpha

property;see:markerBorderAlpha.WhenspecifiedontheSourcetab,thevalueshouldbe

between0and1,e.g.0.8.)

Source tab

TheJSONontheSourcetabreflectsthechoicesmadeintheothertabsand,moreimportantly,

providesthepossibilitytoaddinanyamChartsconfigurationoptionthatisunavailableviatheothertab

menus.Formoreinformationsee:"Addingandeditingpropertiesmanually"onpage233.

BoxFormattingdialog

TheBoxFormattingdialogisaccessiblebyclickinginsideaboxinthetemplateandthenselecting

Format > Boxinthemenu.

AllsettingsinthisdialogareinfactCSSproperties.CascadingStyleSheets(CSS)wereoriginally

designedforusewithwebpages:HTMLfiles.SinceDesignertemplatesareHTMLfiles,theyarestyled

withCSS.TolearnhowtouseCSSintheDesigner,see"Stylingandformatting"onpage260and"Styl-

ingtemplateswithCSSfiles"onpage261.Forinformationaboutspecificpropertiesandtheiroptions,

seeW3SchoolsCSSReference.

Note: Whennounitisaddedtoageometryvalue,suchasthewidth,height,topormargin,the

defaultunitwillbeaddedtothevalue;see"Printpreferences"onpage364.

Note: Usingviewportbasedunits(vw,vh,vmin,vmax)inPrintsectionsisnotrecommended.

ThismaycausedifferencesbetweenthepreviewintheDesignerandtheprintedoutput.

ForinformationaboutthedifferenttypesofBoxes,see"Boxes"onpage226.

Box tab

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General group:

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Width:Setthewidthoftheboxinmeasureorpercentage.Whennounitisentered,the

defaultunitwillbeaddedtothevalue(see"Printpreferences"onpage364).Equivalentto

theCSSwidthproperty.

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Height:Settheheightoftheboxinmeasureorpercentage.Whennounitisentered,the

defaultunitwillbeaddedtothevalue(see"Printpreferences"onpage364).Equivalentto

theCSSheightproperty.

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