think-cell 5.3 – User Guide

You can also set two or more smart-elements to the same
width or height. This also works if you include Power-
Point shapes in your selection. First, select all objects that
you want to set to the same width or height (see Multiselection
on the next page). Then, choose Same
Height or Same Width from the context menu of a
smart-element included in the selection. All objects will
be resized to the same height or width, respectively.
The height or width of all elements is set to the largest
height or width among the individual elements.
Selecting charts and features
think-cell’s smart-elements (charts) not only consist of
the segments corresponding to the values in the data
sheet. They also contain labels, axes, difference arrows,
connectors and so forth. These elements and the data
segments are called features and they form the parts of
smart-elements.
You can distinguish a feature by the orange frame that
appears when the mouse pointer is over it. When you
click it, the frame turns blue to mark it as the currently
selected feature. Additionally a floating toolbar appears.
It contains a set of property controls you can use to give
the feature a different look. It is a good idea to explore
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a newly-inserted chart to get an overview of the features
it is made of and their properties.
When you right-click on a feature, its context menu appears.
You use it to add additional features to the chart
or remove those currently visible.
Buttons whose functions are unavailable for the current
selection are greyed out. The context-menu of the entire
smart-element is invoked by right-clicking the background
of the chart.
Features always belong to their respective smart-element
and can itself have further features. As an example, the
vertical axis of a line chart is a feature of the chart itself,
while the tickmarks along the axis are features of the
axis. Consequently you use the chart’s context menu to
switch on or off the vertical axis and the axis’ context
menu to toggle whether tickmarks are shown.
There are several ways to remove a feature:
– Left-click the feature to select it and press the ✄
✂Delete✁or
✄
✂↢
✁key
on your keyboard.
– Right-click the feature to open the think-cell context
menu. Click the Delete button to remove the feature
from the smart-element.