### Configuring the General Display

The General Display Config dialog box lets you change the minimal font size, set the header mode, as well as define background colors, line colors, and line widths of various chart elements. To access this dialog box, select Options | Chart Display | General Config. This dialog box has these two tabs: Background and Line. These are discussed in the following sub topics:

Changing General Display Options

General tab

The General tab contains settings that control the minimal font size and whether or not a chart's name displays in the header:

Minimized Font Size - The font's size for charts is not static. It can change dynamically based on the chart's current size. When the chart size is small, the font size decrease as well. This value determines the minimum font size to use. This means that the chart's font will never go below this font size even when looking at a small chart size.

Chart Header Mode - This list determines how the chart's header is displayed. If you select Normal, the chart name is displayed next to the variable or feature name in the header. If you select NoChartTypeDisplay, only the variable or feature name is displayed.

Example showing Chart Header Mode set to Normal (A) and NoChartTypeDisplay (B)

Changing Background Colors

Background tab

The Background tab contains tools allowing you to select a specific background color for your charts. Note however that the background color is not applied to the area containing the plotted points but is applied to the rest of the chart.

You can either select from the suggested grid of colors or you can define your own color by "flipping" the grid, as explained in "Using the Color Selection Dialog Box".

When you click OK Datapage+ sets that color as the new background color. This color gets applied the next time you send data to the Charts tab.

Sample Run Chart with an Orange Background

To set the background color back to its default, click Default and then OK.

Changing Line Widths

Line tab

The Line tab lets you change the width for different line elements used in various charts. When you click OK Datapage+ will use any changed line settings the next time you send data to the Charts tab.

Sample Run Chart with an a Nominal line width of 8 and a Spec line width of 4

To set the line widths back to their defaults, click Default and then OK.