Charts > Editing charts > Editing chart elements

Here, you can enter a title for the chart. This is then displayed above the chart. For more information, see Showing/hiding chart titles.

Edit properties: To change the properties of the chart title, select it and right-click to open the context menu and choose the command Chart title: Properties.

Tip: Alternatively, you can choose this command via the Edit properties icon on the ribbon tab Chart | group Chart elements. The other alternative is to double-click on the chart title.

You can make the following settings:

Format tab

Tip: Borders and fill can also be conveniently adjusted directly via the buttons of the ribbon tab Chart | group Chart elements. For more information, see Editing chart elements.

▪Border section

Here, you can change the line style for the border of the chart title. To do so, use the option Custom to select the desired line style. The option None removes the border.

If you enable the option Shadow, you can also highlight the chart title with a shadow.

▪Fill section

Here, you can change the fill of the chart title. To do so, use the option Color to select the desired fill color. The fill will be transparent if you use the option None.

If you select the fill type Effects and click on the Customize button, the program will display a dialog box that will allow you to also apply more complex fills (such as a color gradient). The use of this dialog box is described in Object properties, Fill tab.

Text tab

Here, enter the desired title of the chart. If you delete the text completely from the input field, the chart title, as a chart element, will be removed.

Font tab

On this tab, you can change the formatting of the chart title.

In addition to font, font size, and text styles, you can also set the alignment, rotate the labels and change the numeric format.