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When a new data set is loaded, it will initially inherit settings for the graph attached to it from the global choices settings. If the file being loaded is a version 2 file, then any layout details included within it will override the corresponding default settings. Once the graph is being displayed, the graph display options window allows these settings to be changed for an individual graph.
At the bottom of the graph options window are two buttons.
The options that can be changed are grouped under tabs in the window, and these tabs and their contents are similar to many of the options in the global Choices dialogue.
The groups of settings are as follows.
Where there are differences between the layout tab and the corresponding Choices tab, these are described below. Some additional information may also be given below. When the tab contents are the same as the corresponding tab in the Choices dialogue, then rather than repeating the description, a link is given back to the Choices dialogue.
This tab allows the same settings as the corresponding Fonts tab in the Choices dialogue, although any changes made will affect only the one graph.
This section contains settings for the graph display, in general.
If the option Custom is selected, then the x and y extents can be entered in the writable boxes Custom width and Custom height.
The images below show a graph with and without a background colour.
When using line widths of a fraction of a pt, the VDU display can sometimes look a little uneven, particularly with lines at an angle to the horizontal/vertical. In some cases, lines can completely disappear. This is where the option Use thin lines on vdu comes in. If this is selected, then the screen display will use 1 pixel wide lines for all the lines on the graph, but when saving draw files and printing will revert to the actual line widths as set in this dialogue. If this is not set, then MultiPlot will make the assumption that lines of less than about 0.80 pt should be displayed on screen as 'thin' lines, and thicker lines will be displayed at their configured thickness. (Why 0.8 pt? There are 72 pt to the inch, and the vdu display is nominally 90 pixels to the inch. Thus 1 px is about 0.8 pt).
The images below show a range of these effects from no box to a box with all options active.
The images below show these three options.
The images below show this option off and on.
This tab allows the same settings as the corresponding Symbols tab in the Choices dialogue, although any changes made will affect only the one graph.
This tab allows the same settings as the corresponding Lines tab in the Choices dialogue, although any changes made will affect only the one graph.
This tab allows the same settings as the corresponding Colours tab in the Choices dialogue, although any changes made will affect only the one graph.
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This document last modified on 15th August 2015