KChart offers many configuration options for the chart. These are available in standalone mode and when embedded in KSpread
Depending on the chart type you have selected, the available
options are slightly different. Let's choose the line chart
type by clicking on the icon in the toolbar.
To get to the chart configuration dialog, select -> from the menu or click on the
icon in the toolbar.
You might need to click on the right or left arrow at the top of the
dialog to get all pages if the width of the dialog is too small.
The first configuration page can be used to swap the interpretation of rows and columns. By default one row is considered to be a data set and each column holds the individual values of the data series. Here you can choose to have a each column hold one data set. Note that the values are not really swapped but only their interpretation.
The second page can be used to select the desired sub type of a chart. The available sub types depend on the chart type, in this case the line chart. Some chart types have no sub type at all in which case this configuration page is not shown. You also get a preview for each subtype.
Remember that the chart type can be chosen from the toolbar while the subtype can be set through this configuration dialog.
On the third page you can set the title, the subtitle and the footer of the chart, each with individual font settings.
The legend configuration page lets you set all aspects of the legend. The legend contains the names for all data sets with the respective colors, this is important to identify the data on the chart.
The General box holds the title of the legend, which is displayed at the top of the legend box. The Position box can be used to place the legend at various locations on the chart. Use the central button to hide the legend.
The Font box can be used to set different fonts for the legend title and the individual entries. Additionally you can set different colors in the Color box.
The Axes page holds configuration for the chart axes. This page highly depends on the chart type chosen. For the line chart you can set linear or logarithmic scales and turn the grid on and off.
On the Colors page you can choose the colors for the individual data sets. You can also set colors for some general chart parts like axes Line color and Grid color.
The Font page can be used to configure various fonts like titles, axes labels and so on. Some of these fonts can be set on other pages as well, but on the font page you have them all in one place.
On the Background page you will find various options for tweaking the background settings of the chart. You can either choose different background colors or even a background picture.
This short overview of the configuration options gave you an introduction to the configuration possibilities of your chart, it is by no means complete. Different chart types like Bar, Line and Pie, have additional specialised configuration pages and you are welcome to look around, try different chart types and look at the configuration possibilities. Use the tooltips and read the What's This? help. To use the What's This? help simply click on the question mark on the window decoration and then click on the area of the configuration page you want get more information on.
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