Controls for most elements of the graph -- data points, data plots (including data labels and error bar plots), functions, layers, and the graph page -- are found in the multi-tabbed Plot Details dialog box. When the Plot Details dialog box is open, you can expose controls for any level in the Page > Layer > Data Plot > Data Point hierarchy by expanding the tree and highlighting the appropriate icon on the left side of the dialog box.
For instance, if you highlight the graph page icon (Graph1, in this example), you expose controls that pertain to the graph page.
Clicking on the plus signs (+) next to an icon will expose controls for additional graph elements:
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There are numerous ways to open the Plot Details dialog box. For the most direct access to the controls that you are looking for -- at the page level, the layer level or the plot level -- use the following menu commands:
For quick access to Plot Details controls for a particular plot, you can simply double-click on the data plot.
The Plot Details dialog box page-level tabs provide controls for setting the page size, graph page drawing and redrawing behaviors, background color, the graph legend text.
For specific information on customizing page properties, see the following topics in the Origin Help file:
The Plot Details dialog box layer-level tabs provide controls for layer color, layer size, data clipping at the layer margins, hiding graph elements, scaling of elements when the layer is resized, and the skipping of data points. While the graph window contains only a single page, it can contain multiple graph layers, and each layer may be configured independently.
For specific information on customizing layer properties, see the following topics in the Origin Help file:
The Plot Details dialog box plot-level tabs provide controls for most properties that determine the appearance and features of the data plot. The controls that are available on the right-hand side of the Plot Details dialog box are specific to the plot type. Each graph layer (your graph may have only a single layer) generally contains one or more plots. Plots may be independent of one another or they may be grouped in the layer. Grouping occurs by default when you select and plot multiple Y columns against a single X column. The result is a series of plots which are visually differentiated according to some pre-determined scheme. For more information on customizing grouped plots, see Customizing Grouped Data Plots.
For specific information on customizing plots, see the following topics in the Origin Help file: