When configuring a chart legend you can give it a title, which can also be styled. The following example shows a legend where the title uses italic text and a custom font and text size:
Chart legend with a customised title.
To customise the title, open the Title tab within the Legend Definition panel when configuring the legend:
Configuring a chart legend's title.
This tab contains three panels, the first of which is General. Here, you will find the following options:
- Legend Title - The text to use as the title.
- Title Orientation - Determines how the title text will be oriented.
- Title Alignment - Determines how the title text will be aligned.
Next is the Appearance panel, which contains the following options:
- Font Name - The name of the font to use for the title text.
- Font Size - The size of the text in pixels.
- Bold/Italic/Underline - Style to apply to the text.
- Fore Colour - The colour of the title text.
- Back Colour - The colour to appear behind the title text.
- Back Gradient Style - An optional colour gradient that can be applied to the title background.
Finally, the Border panel contains the following options:
- Border Width - The width of the border in pixels. Setting this to 0 will remove the border.
- Border Dash - The style to apply to the border. Setting this to Not Set will remove the border.
- Border Color - The colour to apply to the border.