Customizing workspaces

Every workspace has a set of properties associated with it. You can customize the workspace by working in the Properties Editor to change the style and content of each view.

About this task

Another way to customize the workspace is to change the type of view or to add views to the workspace. Be aware that the changes you make to the workspace are lost when you switch to another workspace unless you save them first.

To customize a workspace, perform these steps:

Procedure

  1. Open a workspace. Click File > Save as, and give the new workspace a name. You can now modify the workspace.
  2. Select one of the panes in the workspace that you want to change from, for example, a bar chart to a pie chart.
  3. Click the Pie chart icon in the toolbar. The result is that a pie chart replaces the bar chart in the pane that you have selected.
  4. Right-click the new chart, and click Properties. The new view shows the Properties Editor, where you can add a query, filters or change the style. For this example, click Style.
  5. From the Style pane, you can change the name of the header, footer, values, legends and categories. For the header, for example, you can choose to display or hide the header, change the text, font and its font size. When you have completed the modifications, click Apply.
  6. You can view the effects of your changes through the Preview pane at the top of the Properties Editor.
  7. When you have finished, click OK to save your changes.
    Note: If you enter a symbol in the header it can cause unpredictable results.