•Create and customize image and text annotations.

Chart preview area

Previews a chart's layout.

Annotation selector

Specifies an annotation to be created and/or customized.

Note that you can select an annotation directly on the chart preview area.

Options tabs

The following tabs are available on this page.

•General

Specify an annotation's name, adjust its visibility, z-order and layout.

•Anchor Point

Choose an element to anchor to (chart, pane, or series point), and adjust the corresponding options.

•Shape Position

Choose an annotation's shape position type (free or relative), and adjust the corresponding options.

•Content

Depending on an annotation's type (text or image), specify its content.

•Padding

Specify an annotation's inner indents.

•Appearance

Adjust an annotation's background color, fill style, shape and connector options.

•Border

Specify visibility, color and thickness of an annotation's borders.

•Shadow

Specifies visibility, color and size of an annotation's shadow.