The Attributes menu is used to modify the attributes of graphical elements and plotted data. This menu contains the following commands:

Selected Object—Opens the Line, Box, Text, Axis, or Bitmap Attributes dialog box. This dialog lets you change the attributes of a selected graphical element.

Histogram Attributes—Opens the Histogram Attributes dialog box. This dialog lets you set the attributes for the histogram. Attributes include chart type, line and fill color, and number and size of bins.

View Attributes—Opens the View Attributes dialog box. This dialog lets you set the default attributes for the graphics window. Attributes include background color, selection color (the color used for highlighting selected objects), and other preferences. Some attributes are specific to the type of VDA Tool you are using.

Defaults =>Text Object—Opens the Text Attributes dialog box. This dialog lets you change the text color, size, thickness, and font. You can also change the coordinate system used to position text.

Defaults =>Line Object—Opens the Line Attributes dialog box. This dialog lets you set the default attributes for lines. Attributes include line color, line thickness, linestyle, and arrow terminators. You can also change the coordinate system used to position lines.

Defaults =>Box Object—Opens the Rectangle Attributes dialog box. This dialog lets you set the default attributes for rectangles. Attributes include fill color, line color, line thickness, and linestyle. You can also change the coordinate system used to position rectangles.

Defaults=>Ellipse Object—Opens the Ellipse Attributes dialog box. This dialog lets you set the default attributes for ellipses. Attributes include fill color, line color, line thickness, and linestyle. You can also change the coordinate system used to position ellipses.

Defaults =>Axis Object—Opens the Axis Attributes dialog box. This dialog lets you set the default attributes for axes. Attributes include title, color, variable, linestyle, font, character size, thickness, and position, You can also set the tick intervals.