Style Output

The Style Output dialog specifies the changes you want to make to the selected output objects in the Viewer.

Create a Backup of the Output. Changes made by the automated output modification process cannot be undone. To preserve the original Viewer document, create a backup copy.

Selections and Properties

The list of objects or groups of objects that you can modify is determined by the objects you select in the Viewer and the selections you make in the Style Output: Select dialog.

Selection. The name of the selected procedure or group of object types. When there is an integer in parentheses after the selection text, changes are applied only to that instance of that procedure in the sequence of objects in the Viewer. For example, "Frequencies(2)" applies change only to the second instance of the Frequencies procedure in the Viewer output.

Type. The type of object. For example, log, title, table, chart. For individual table types, the table subtype is also displayed.

Delete. Specifies whether the selection should be deleted.

Visible. Specifies whether the selection should be visible or hidden. The default option is "As Is," which means that current visibility property of the selection is preserved.

Properties. A summary of changes to apply to the selection.

Add. Adds a row to the list and opens the Style Output: Select dialog. You can select other objects in the Viewer and specify the selection conditions.

Duplicate. Duplicates the selected row.

Move Up and Move Down. Moves the selected row up or down in the list. The order can be important since changes specified in subsequent rows can overwrite changes that are specified in previous rows.

Create a report of the property changes. Displays a table that summarizes the changes in the Viewer.

Object Properties

You specify the changes that you want to make to each selection from the Selections and Properties section in the Object Properties section. The available properties are determined by the selected row in the Selections and Properties section.

Command. The name of the procedure if the selection refers to a single procedure. The selection can include multiple instances of the same procedure.

Type. The type of object.

Subtype. If the selection refers to a single table type, the table subtype name is displayed.

Outline Label. The label in the outline pane that is associated with the selection. You can replace the label text or add information to the label. For more information, see the topic Style Output: Labels and Text.

Indexing Format. Adds a sequential number, letter, or roman numeral to the objects in the selection. For more information, see the topic Style Output: Indexing.

Table Title. The title of table or tables. You can replace the title or add information to the title. For more information, see the topic Style Output: Labels and Text.

TableLook. The TableLook used for tables. For more information, see the topic Style Output: TableLooks.

Transpose. Transposes rows and columns in tables.

Top Layer. For tables with layers, the category that is displayed for each layer.

Conditional styling. Conditional style changes for tables. For more information, see the topic Table Style.

Sort. Sorts table contents by the values of the selected column label. The available column labels are displayed in a dropdown list. This option is only available if the selection contains a single table subtype.

Sort Direction. Specifies the sort direction for tables.

Comment Text. You can add comment text to each table.

  • Comment text is displayed in a tooltip when you hover over a table in the Viewer.
  • Screen readers read the comment text when the table has focus.
  • The tooltip in the Viewer displays only the first 200 characters of the comment, but screen readers read the entire text.
  • When you export output to HTML, the comment text is used as alt text.

Contents. The text of logs, titles, and text objects. You can replace the text or add information to the text. For more information, see the topic Style Output: Labels and Text.

Font. The font for logs, titles, and text objects.

Font Size. The font size for logs, titles, and text objects.

Text Color. Text color for logs, titles, and text objects.

Chart Template. The chart template that is used for charts, except charts that are created with the Graphboard Template Chooser.

Graphboard Stylesheet. The style sheet used for charts that are created with the Graphboard Template Chooser.

Size. The size of charts and tree diagrams.

Special Variables in Comment Text

You can include special variables to insert date, time, and other values in the Comment Text field.

)DATE
Current date in the form dd-mmm-yyyy.
)ADATE
Current date in the form mm/dd/yyyy.
)SDATE
Current date in the form yyyy/mm/dd.
)EDATE
Current date in the form dd.mm.yyyy.
)TIME
Current 12-hour clock time in the form hh:mm:ss.
)ETIME
Current 24-hour clock time in the form hh:mm:ss.
)INDEX
The defined index value. For more information, see the topic Style Output: Indexing.
)TITLE
The text of the outline label for the table.
)PROCEDURE
The name of the procedure that created the table.
)DATASET
The name of the dataset used to create the table.
\n
Inserts a line break.