Properties

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Properties

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This Edit menu command displays the Properties dialog box and allows you to change a variety of properties of a single selected object.

The keyboard shortcut for Properties is Alt+? (Windows) or ? (Mac).

There are two other ways to view an object’s properties.

Use the Context menu. In Windows, right-click the object. On a Mac, hold down the Ctrl key while you click the object. The Properties command appears in the resulting Context menu (directly under your mouse if possible).

Use the Information tool. Click the tool on the object, and then click the object’s name in the balloon that appears.

The Properties dialog box can include these panels:

Panel

Objects

Object

All objects

Label

All objects that can show labels

Value

Measurements, calculations, and parameters

Parameter

Parameters

Table

Tables

Iteration

Iterations and iterated objects

Opacity

Polygons, circle interiors, arc interiors, pictures, iterations and loci of these objects, and angle markers

Axis

Axes

Function

Data-defined functions

Plot

Loci (including families of functions, families of curves, and families of loci) and sampled transformed paths

Plot

Function plots and parametric plots

Plot

Sampled transformed pictures

Marker

Angle markers and tick marks

Hide/Show

Hide/Show buttons

Animate

Animation buttons

Move

Movement buttons

Presentation

Presentation buttons

Link

Link buttons

Scroll

Scroll buttons