Creating a Clean Visual Appearance


A cleaner visual appearance of the analysis below can be achieved using menu options reached from the visualization titles bars, settings made in the visualization Properties dialogs, and a customized visual theme. The attributes to modify to get the cleaner look in the bottom image are indicated by numbers, and the actions made are described.  

 

Attributes to modify from the visualization title bar

1. Change titles

Double-click the visualization titles and enter new titles.

2. Remove legend

Move the cursor over the line chart title, and then click Legend, .

3. Remove selectors in the line chart

Move the cursor over the line chart title bar, and click to open the menu. Then click X Axis Selector and Y Axis Selector to remove these selectors. You remove one axis at a time.

4. Remove selectors and scale labels in the bar chart

Move the cursor over the bar chart title bar, and click to open the menu. Then click, one at a time, Category Axis Selector, Value Axis Selector, and Scale Labels to remove them.

Attributes to modify from the Properties dialogs

5. Keep only color information in the legend

In the pie chart Properties dialog, on the Legend page, select the Color by check box only and clear the other check boxes beneath Display the following legend items.

Then click Color by to activate Settings for selected legend item at the bottom of the Legend page. Clear the Show title and Show axis selector check boxes.

6. Move color items to the horizontal view

In the bar chart Properties dialog, on the Legend page, select the Color by check box. Then click Color by to activate Settings for selected legend item at the bottom of the Legend page. Click Show values horizontally. Alternatively, you can move the cursor over the legend and click next to the Color by title to move only the color values to the horizontal view. To move the values back into the vertical legend, click again.

Move the cursor over the horizontal color items, clickand select Align > Center and Position > Bottom.

Remove the remaining vertical legend as described in step 2.

7. Add labels to the bars in the bar chart

In the bar chart Properties dialog, on the Labels page, set Show labels for to All, and below Types of labels, clear the Bar segments check box.

Attributes to modify from the Edit Custom Theme dialog

8. Get a background without borders and background color

In the Details tab, select Visualizations general, and set Borders to None.

Select Canvas and set Distance between visualizations to 0.

9. Remove lines and tick marks on scales

In the Details tab, select Visualizations scales, and set Lines as well as Tick marks to None.

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In addition to the numbered actions above, perform an action to separate the visualizations. In the Details tab, select Visualizations general, and increase the Padding number for All sides.

Also, increased padding beneath the visualization titles contributes to a more uncluttered look. In the Details tab, select Visualizations titles, and click the Padding arrow. Then increase the Bottom number.

See also:

Custom Theme Settings

Locking the Size of Certain Visualizations

Maximizing the Canvas