Two options appear on the Axis page that don't appear if you select a specific axis from the list at the left:

• Visible: this option specifies whether the selected axis displays or not.

• Behind: this option determines whether the gridlines for the selected axis appear in front of (turned off) or behind (turned on, the default) the items in the chart.
  

The Scales subpage has the following options:

• Automatic: turn this setting on to automatically determine the scale of the axis.

• Visible: this option specifies whether any of the attributes of the axis, such as the labels, title, and gridlines, appear or not.

• Inverted: turn this setting on to display the axis from largest to smallest rather than the usual smallest to largest.

• Change: click this button to change the increment for the axis scale.

• Logarithmic: turn this setting on to use a logarithmic scale.

• Log Base: this option, which is only available if Logarithmic is turned on, specifies the log base to use.
  

The Minimum and Maximum subpages of the Scales subpage specify settings for the minimum and maximum values for the axis scale. Each page has the following options:

• Auto: turn this setting on to automatically determine the minimum or maximum value.

• Change: click this button to change the minimum or maximum value.

• Offset: this setting controls the offset for the minimum or maximum value from the appropriate end of the axis.
  

The Style subpage of the Title subpage has the following options:

• Title: the text displayed for the axis title.

• Angle: the angle at which the title appears.

• Size: the amount of space reserved for the title. Use 0 for automatic.

• Visible: this option specifies whether the title appears or not.
  

The Text subpage of the Title subpage has the following options:

• Font: click this button to display a dialog in which you can select the font and size of the text.

• Color: click the colored square to display a dialog in which you can select the color of the text.

• Outline: click this button to display the Border Editor dialog for the outline of the text.

• Inter-char spacing: increase the value of this setting to space the characters further apart.

• Gradient: click this button to display the Gradient Editor dialog for the text.

• Shadow: click this button to display the Shadow Editor dialog for the text.

• Outline gradient: turn this setting on to use a gradient for the text outline.
  

The Style subpage of the Labels subpage has the following options:

• Visible: this setting specifies whether labels display on the axis.

• Multi-line: turn this setting on to split long labels over multiple lines.

• Round First: turn this option on to round the first value to 0.

• Label On Axis: turning this setting on specifies that a label will appear at the end of the axis.

• Alternate: turn this setting on to stagger the labels to minimize overlap.

• Size: the amount of space reserved for the labels. Use 0 for automatic.

• Angle: the angle at which the labels appear.

• Min. Separation %: the minimum separation of values as a percentage of the maximum value.

• Style: the type of text to display for values. The choices are Auto (the text is automatically determined), None, Value (displays the values of the axis), Mark (displays point labels as axis labels), and Text (displays category names as axis labels).
  

The Format subpage of the Labels subpage has the following options:

• Exponential: turn this setting on to use exponential values.

• Values Format: this specifies the format for values in the Y axis. You can either select one of the commonly used formats from the drop-down list or click the button beside the list to display the Numeric Format dialog.

• Default Alignment: turn this setting on to use the default alignment for the specified format.
  

The Text subpage of the Labels subpage has the following options:

• Font: click this button to display a dialog in which you can select the font and size of the text.

• Color: click the colored square to display a dialog in which you can select the color of the text.

• Outline: click this button to display the Border Editor dialog for the outline of the text.

• Inter-char spacing: increase the value of this setting to space the characters further apart.

• Gradient: click this button to display the Gradient Editor dialog for the text.

• Shadow: click this button to display the Shadow Editor dialog for the text.

• Outline gradient: turn this setting on to use a gradient for the text outline.
  

The Ticks subpage has the following options:

• Axis: click this button to display the Border Editor dialog for the axis line.

• Grid: click this button to display the Border Editor dialog for the axis gridlines.

• Z: this option specifies the offset of the axis gridlines.

• Centered: turn this setting on to center gridlines on the values.

• Ticks: click this button to display the Border Editor dialog for the tick lines on the axis.

• Len: this option specifies the length of the tick lines.

• At Labels Only: turn this setting on to only display tick lines at labels.

• Inner: click this button to display the Border Editor dialog for the tick lines inside the axis line.

• Len: this option specifies the length of the tick lines inside the axis line.
  

The Minor subpage has the following options:

• Ticks: click this button to display the Border Editor dialog for the ticks for minor gridlines.

• Length: this option specifies the length of the tick lines.

• Grid: click this button to display the Border Editor dialog for minor gridlines.

• Count: this values specifies the number of minor gridlines between major gridlines.
  

The Position subpage has the following options:

• Position: this setting specifies the position of the axis.

• Units: this affects the position value. "Percent" means the position value is a percentage of the total chart size while "Pixels" means the value is in pixels.

• Start %: the starting position for the axis as a percentage of the total axis size.

• End %: the ending position for the axis as a percentage of the total axis size.

• Z: this option specifies the offset of the gridlines from the axis.

• Other side: this setting is for internal use only.

• Horizontal: this setting is for internal use only.