Label Size and Position Options

You can change the size of labels and layout of labels associated with the points.

1. Double-click your graph then click the Graph Options tab.
2. Select Display labels then click the Label size and position button.

Label size

Specify a number giving the size multiplier for the labels. For example a value of 2 will give a label twice as high as the default font size. Use the up/down arrows to increment or decrement the size in steps of 0.1. The size must be a positive number.

Size and position of text box for labels

This provides options to specify the size of a box in which the label will be displayed. When a label exceeds the value of the X direction it will wrap on the next line. The number of lines the label can wrap onto can be specified using the Y direction. Note that when the sizes are in terms of the number of characters to be displayed, any part of the label that does not fit within the box will be truncated. If the units are in terms of distance, the label will shrink to fit within the specified box size. If the direction fields are left blank there is no limit applied to the labels.

X position

This controls how the label will be placed horizontally relative to the associated point.

Automatic	Genstat will decide the best x-position for the label
Left	The label will be placed to the left of the data point
Centre	The label’s middle will be centred on the data point
Right	The label will be placed to the right of the data point

Y position

This controls how the label will be placed vertically relative to the associated point.

Automatic	Genstat will decide the best y-position for the label
Below	The label will be placed below the data point
Centre	The label’s y-position will be centred at the data point
Above	The label will be placed above the data point

X offset

This allows additional horizontal space to be inserted between the point and the label. This is specified in terms of the average character width, so a value of one adds an extra character’s space between the label and point. If this field is empty then a default spacing will be used.

Y offset

This allows additional vertical space to be inserted between the point and the label. This is specified in terms of the average character height, so a value of 1 adds an extra character’s space between the label and point. If this field is blank a default spacing will be used.

Units for box size and offset

Units to use for label boxes. This is applied to the size of the text box (X direction and Y direction) and the offset from the point (X offset and Y offset).

Characters	The sizes are specified in terms of numbers of characters of an average width in the defined font and size. If the label does not fit in the box it will be truncated.
Distance	The sizes are specified in terms of the distances as defined by the axes of the graph. Labels will be re-sized to fit in the box of the specified size.