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You are asked the following question:
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[[Category: Graphs]]
  
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[[Image:Template disassociation.png]]
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When you select a [[Graph Style Templates|graph style template]], some of the settings for the appearance of your graph are taken from the template definition.  The following illustration depicts this:
  
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When you change a graph style template pulldown to global default:
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:{| border="0"
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| [[Image:Fire red template.png|thumb|200x350px|Style template: Defines colors and key placement.]]
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| [[Image:Bands graph.png|thumb|200x350px|Data being graphed]]
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|<big>&rarr;</big>
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|[[Image:Fire red bands graph.png|thumb|200x350px|Graph as it appears with template styles applied]]
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|}
  
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[[Image:Graph setup changing style to default.png]]
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In the above illustration, the ''Fire Hot Red'' style template defines a red gradient background, yellow grid lines, black text, various sizes and the placement of the key to the right of the graph.  When applied to your graph, you get the appearance on the far right.  A template is often re-used across many graphs.  If you change a setting inside a template, all graphs that use that template will change.
  
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== What it means ==
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The settings that actually apply to the graph are a combination of the settings in the template and the settings set specifically for this graph.  If a setting is set in both places -- for example, the template specifies a red background, but the graph's own setting specifies a green background -- the graph's own setting overrides the template setting.
  
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::"Would you like to keep the styles from the template with this graph?"
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If you want to stop using the template, you can do so by selecting '''Global Default''' in the style template selector at the bottom of the graph setup dialog:
  
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[[Image:Fire red template.png]] + [[Image:Bands graph.png]] &rarr; [[Image:Fire red bands graph.png]]
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:[[Image:Graph setup changing style to default.png]]
  
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Before you make the change, some of the style settings for your graph are coming from a graph template.  In the example shown above, the graph was using the ''Fire Red'' style template, which provides a hot red gradient background with a yellow grid.
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When doing so, you will be asked the following question:
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:[[Image:Template disassociation.png]]
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With either response, your graph will no longer be connected with the style template.  That means that if the settings in the template were to be changed in the future, this graph will no longer inherit those changes, while other graphs that continue to use the template will reflect those changes.  When you stop using the template, this dialog gives you a choice:
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;'''Yes''': your graph will retain the same appearance (fire hot red background, key on the right, etc).  In that case, what happens is that the settings from the template are copied into the graph's own settings.  Your graph continues to look like this:
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:[[Image:Fire red bands graph.png]]
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:but if the style template changes in the future, those changes will not impact this graph's appearance.
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;'''No''': The template association is removed entire.  Any settings that were obtained from the template are no longer reflected in the graph.  In this case, your graph will revert to this appearance:
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:[[Image:Bands graph.png]]
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== See Also ==
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* [[Graph Style Templates]]
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* [[Graph Setting Associations]]

Latest revision as of 21:56, 12 February 2016


When you select a graph style template, some of the settings for the appearance of your graph are taken from the template definition. The following illustration depicts this:

Style template: Defines colors and key placement.
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Data being graphed
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Graph as it appears with template styles applied

In the above illustration, the Fire Hot Red style template defines a red gradient background, yellow grid lines, black text, various sizes and the placement of the key to the right of the graph. When applied to your graph, you get the appearance on the far right. A template is often re-used across many graphs. If you change a setting inside a template, all graphs that use that template will change.

The settings that actually apply to the graph are a combination of the settings in the template and the settings set specifically for this graph. If a setting is set in both places -- for example, the template specifies a red background, but the graph's own setting specifies a green background -- the graph's own setting overrides the template setting.

If you want to stop using the template, you can do so by selecting Global Default in the style template selector at the bottom of the graph setup dialog:

Graph setup changing style to default.png

When doing so, you will be asked the following question:

Template disassociation.png

With either response, your graph will no longer be connected with the style template. That means that if the settings in the template were to be changed in the future, this graph will no longer inherit those changes, while other graphs that continue to use the template will reflect those changes. When you stop using the template, this dialog gives you a choice:

Yes
your graph will retain the same appearance (fire hot red background, key on the right, etc). In that case, what happens is that the settings from the template are copied into the graph's own settings. Your graph continues to look like this:
Fire red bands graph.png
but if the style template changes in the future, those changes will not impact this graph's appearance.
No
The template association is removed entire. Any settings that were obtained from the template are no longer reflected in the graph. In this case, your graph will revert to this appearance:
Bands graph.png

See Also

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