This dialog box offers several preferences that change the scale bar's appearance.
Opening the dialog box
To open this dialog box, use the Tools > Options... command and select the Scale Bar > Format entry in the tree structure.
See also
Show Text
Select the Show Text check box, to have the scale bar's length shown as an annotation beneath the scale bar. Beneath a scale bar that is 10 µm long, an annotation "10 µm" will be displayed.
Clear the check box to hide the labeling.
Choose one of 16 possible colors for the labeling of the scale bar, in the Text color palette.
Enter the required size for the labeling of the scale bar in the Font size field.
Line style
In the Line style group, you define the scale bar's appearance.
Clear the Transparent background check box, to have your scale bar highlighted by a white rectangle.
Select this check box to hide the white rectangle, that by default, underlies the scale bar. In this way the scale bar will cover up as little image information as possible. However, this may reduce the scale bar's readability.
Choose one of 16 possible colors for the scale bar, in the Line color palette.
Choose between a thin, medium, or thick, scale bar, in the Line width list.
Choose one of the three different types of scale bar, in the Bar list.
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