Using JMP - SAS

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Add Graphics Elements to a Report
5. (Optional) Right-click the annotation to access the following options:
Background Color
the annotation.
Provides you with a color palette, from which you can select the background color for
Text Color Provides you with a color palette, from which you can select the color for the annotation’s text.
The color of the font also defines the color of the annotation outline. If you select the same color for
both the background and the font, the font does not show except for black and white. A black font on a
black background changes to white, and a white font on a white background appears black.
Font Lets you change the current font type, style, and size. To change the default font, see “Fonts” on
page 383 in the “JMP Preferences” chapter.
Tag Line Attaches a line to the annotation that points to a place in the text, as shown below. To move the
line with the annotation to a new position, press the CTRL key and drag the annotation.
Filled Removes the background color from the annotation so it looks transparent. A transparent note is
handy for putting titles and footnotes on a graph.
Editable
Reanchor
Makes the annotation editable by double-clicking on it.
Reanchors the annotation.
Delete
Deletes the entire annotation.
Note: When adding multiple annotations, press the SHIFT key when selecting the annotation tool for the
first time. This causes subsequent clicks to add an annotation, and you do not have to select the annotate
tool from the toolbar before the addition of each annotation.
Once you have added an annotation, you can do the following:
Table 9.13 Using Annotations
Action
Add to or edit an annotation
Move an annotation
Resize an annotation
Delete an annotation
Instructions
Click inside the text box.
Click inside the annotation box and drag it. When an annotation is
moved, it becomes selected, as indicated by a double blue line with
handles around the perimeter.
Place the cursor on the handle of a selected note (showing in the middle
of the edges and in the corners). The cursor appears as a single crossed
arrow; drag to resize the annotation.
Highlight the annotation by clicking the handle of a note. Then press
the Delete (or Backspace) key.