Box and Image Annotations

Box annotations can be used to frame other chart objects or display images. Box Annotations accept dragged images and color, and can be resized and moved using the mouse. Other Box annotation attributes are controlled using the Box Annotation Inspector.

Box Annotation Inspector

¥ Fill Color - The color well sets the fill color for the Box, and the switch turns the fill color on and off.

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Shadow Color - The color well sets the fill color for the Box, and the switch turns the fill color on and off.

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Border - The slider and color well set the line width and color of the box border. The switch turns the box border on or off.

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Image - An image file can be dragged to a Box annotation or set using the Set ... button. The Clear button removes an image from a box. Image size in a box annotation can be unscaled (same size as the original image), or can be scaled in two ways. Scale with Aspect scales the image to the size of the box in at least one dimension (width or height), while retaining the width to height aspect ratio of the original image. Scaled resizes the image to the size of the box - both width and height.

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Dimensions - For more precise and repeatable sizing, the Height and Width text fields specify the size of a box. The Size to Fit Image button resizes the box to match the dimensions of the image, and is only active when the image is set as unscaled.