Preference Manager User Manual.
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1. file saves in xml format 9 2 Import import To import your preferences click the Import button and you will be prompted with a warning message indicating that all changes will be overwritten Warning The changes you made will be overwritten Continue Click L to continue the import or click No to discard your imported preferences and return you to the Advanced Tab of the Preference Manager Next you will be prompted to choose the file that you wish to import The format must be an xml file Once you have chosen the desired file click If you wish to revert your preferences back to the original settings installed with Mekko Graphics click 201 9 3 Using Import Export to create a corporate standard You can use the Preference Manager to create and enforce corporate standards within your organization You may also wish to create unique styles or a custom look for presentations created for other business clients or partners For example you might wish to use a company s corporate colors or font typeface for any charts created for that client Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager User Guide Page 16 of 21 The following example illustrates the process of using Import and Export to create a unique custom look that complies with a large company s corporate standards Company A uses Century Gothic font and standard PowerPoint colors along with the RGB colors 240 65 92. Desktop My Documents My Computer My Network File name us M amp kko Corporate Std xml Places Files of type Files X Cancel All other Mekko Graphics users are instructed to do the same The result is that all charts now comply with Company A s corporate standard creating a consistent and professional look for all charts produced by users Specify file for Export BEI Save in ai Desktop Es C E3 E i My Documents 9 prefmgr2 xml lt f My Computer History My Network Places A Anti amp COLOR SETBACK Desktop MekkoGraphicsDownload RoboHelp HTML 2002 Data bou 7 9 02 ml My Documents PREFERENCEMGR ml prefmgr xml My Computer File name ekko Preferences Save astype Files z My Network P Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager User Guide Page 20 of 21 10 0 Default Values of Preference Manager The following table defines the default values for the Preference Manager Colors Mekko Graphics 4 Mekko Graphics 4 Standard Standard Palette Font Size Maximum Font Size 20 Minimum Font Size 8 SmartPlace Font Size 7 Regions Region North America Font Arial Negative Number Format Decimal Separator Thousand Separator Y Axis Title Orientation Y Axis Prefix Suffix Value Dash Before Horizontal Top Only 11 0 Customer Support Please visit our website at www mekkographics com for more infor
3. This user manual outlines the functionality of the Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager 2 0 Functions of KMA Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager The Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager gives you more control over color choices and draw order fonts and charting options In addition an import and export function allows multiple users at one organization to share their preference choices 3 0 Accessing the Preference Manager You must have administrative privileges in order to use the Preference Manager To access the Preference Manager Mekko Graphics 4 must be installed on your machine Once Mekko Graphics is installed simply go to the Mekko menu in PowerPoint and select Launch Preference Manager Mekko Help Insert Mekko Chart Export Charts to Excel Refresh All Excel Links Launch Preference Manager Update All Charts Mekko Graphics 4 Help Load Sample Mekko Presentation About Mekko Graphics 4 4 0 How does the Preference Manager work When you use the Preference Manager these changes are written to your registry Your registry is a hidden part of your computer system that contains information about how your computer runs When you install Mekko Graphics the installation creates entries in your registry that dictate much of the functionality of how Mekko Graphics will work When you access the Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager User Guide Page 3 of 21 Preference Manager and make changes to colors fonts
4. 21 6 0 Color Manager Process Overview Mekko Graphics comes installed with a default color palette and draw order A color palette defines the available colors that you may choose for your multi color charts Draw order defines the order in which these colors will display for series in your chart Define Color Define Draw Order Palette for colors The Color component of the Preference Manager will be comprised of a two step process First you will define the color palette itself and then you will define the draw order of your colors You can always create new colors and edit existing colors at any time 6 1 Defining Colors and Draw Orders If you wish to change either the colors in your chart and or the draw order of those colors you can do so easily through the Preference Manager Your changes are dynamically made to the sample bar in the color list so you can see immediately how your charts will look with your changes Click on the first tab of the Preference Manager if it is not selected already There are two radio buttons Use Standard Palette and Use Custom Palette If you wish to use one of the three pre loaded palettes select the first radio button and choose the desired palette from the Color Palette drop down menu To create a custom palette select the second radio button iz Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager Colors Font Size Regions Advanced C Use Standard Palette Color Palette Use
5. 0 and 24 106 20 as the first two colors in their draw order for their corporate standard They purchased 100 licenses for Mekko Graphics 4 which are dispersed around the organization s 16 locations around the US Debbie Smith in Marketing is responsible for creating and enforcing a corporate look for all presentations created by the organization which complies with the company s standards Using the Preference Manager Debbie can create a file to use as the corporate standard for charts She opens the Preference Manager and navigates to the Colors tab and selects the first radio button Use Standard Palette and then chooses PowerPoint Standard from the drop down menu iz Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager Colors Font Size Regions Advanced Use Standard Palette Color Palette 1 Use Custom Palette Color List Draw Order Sample Bar Cancel Apply She then clicks on the 2nd radio button Use Custom Palette and adds her two custom colors to the PowerPoint standard palette and draw order using the company s corporate RGB values Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager User Guide Page 17 of 21 iz Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager Colors Font Size Regions Advanced C Use Standard Palette Color Palette v Use Custom Palette Color List Draw Order Sample Bar Next she clicks on the Regions tab and selects North America as the region clicks the Customized radio butt
6. Custom Palette Color List Draw Order Sample Bar Dark Green Purple Dlive Green Charcoal Rust Blue Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager User Guide Page 8 of 21 You have the option to create new colors delete colors or edit the names and or RGB values of existing colors Once you have chosen your desired palette you may choose to include them or exclude them from your draw order and then define the draw order itself Once you create a custom palette your custom palette will be retained until you switch back to a standard palette at which point your custom changes are lost If you wish to save your custom palette it is recommended that you first export your preference settings to an xml file see section 9 1 6 1 1 To CREATE A NEW COLOR Click the button to create a new color This will bring you into the Create Edit Colors screen below 15 Create Edit Color TER Color Name oo Color RGB Red 0 EX Green 0 H Blue 0 EX TT This Color Is Dark Light Cancel Here you may name your color and define the RGB values To choose from a color palette wheel click the _ button choose your custom color and OK click to return to the Create Edit Color dialog box Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager User Guide Page 9 of 21 ul 160 Red 0 Sat o Green fo Lum jo Blue NN Add to Custom Colors Finally choose the color of the text to be displayed on t
7. MEKKO GRAPHICS MEKKO GRAPHICS 4 PREFERENCE MANAGER USER GUIDE Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager User Guide Page 1 of 21 Table of Contents 1 0 Introducuorr anc HISIOPV cce oett or ope te o oe dpt e es 3 2 0 Functions of Mekko Graphics 4 Preference 3 3 0 Accessing the Preference 3 4 0 How does the Preference Manager work 3 5 0 Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager Home 4 5 1 Overview Of TADS tied e eles ca aude qp ed adt qe a de dh 4 6 0 Color Manager Process Overview nnne nnn nn nnne nnns 8 6 1 Defining Colors and Draw 8 6 1 1 Io Create A New COlOE iiie donee ae ente ah rayon urea RE rV EE E xS 9 6 1 2 gt To Edit an Existing co eere rere tr rr a xxv 10 6 1 5 To Delete a esee ada sapo e enira Ex EYE 11 M RE gr ote ea Merete eh ea ae 11 6 2 Protected 5v on 12 VOFOT SZO ond eo GEL ned 13 cer 14 Eg DM 14 8 2 Negative Number Format siot rotos rn eo
8. h after with space Indicate your choice by selecting your desired option from the drop down menu 8 3 Decimal Separator Choose the symbol you would like to designate as a decimal separator Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager User Guide Page 14 of 21 8 4 Thousand Separator Choose the symbol you would like to designate as a thousand separator 8 5 Y Axis Title Orientation You may choose the orientation of your Y axis title label horizontal or vertical By default the Y axis orientation is horizontal and will look like this File Edit Chart Fr Set to Default Forme y axis title 10096 80 60 40 20 If you change the orientation to vertical it will look like this File Edit View Chart For 100 a 80 2 60 E 40 gt 20 Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager User Guide Page 15 of 21 8 6 Y Axis Prefix Suffix Value You have the option to choose whether your scale values will appear for all labels on the Y axis or simply for the top label on your Y axis 9 0 Advanced You may wish to export your preferences and import them into another machine with Mekko Graphics 4 installed You do this through the Advanced Tab of the Preference Manager 9 1 Export Esport To export your preferences click the Export button and you will be prompted to name the exported file as well as choose the location to which you wish to export Once you have chosen your location and name click 538
9. k 2 to delete it from the color palette If the color also exists in the Draw Order it will automatically be deleted from there as well see Protected Colors section 6 2 6 1 4 ARROWS The set of Vertical arrow buttons on the left side of the screen navigates the order the colors appear in the UI i e the color palette Clicking on one and then clicking the up or down arrow will navigate that color up and down the list You may also use multi select Shift Click or Ctrl Click to select more than one color at a time Use Custom Palette Color List The set of Vertical arrow buttons on the right side of the screen navigates the draw order of the colors selected Clicking on one and then clicking the up or Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager User Guide Page 11 of 21 down arrow will navigate the draw order color up or down the list You may also use multi select Shift Click or Ctrl Click to select more than one color at a time Draw Order Pink Light Green Brown Dark Green Purple FN Dlive Bray Dark Blue Khaki v Green Charcoal Rust Blue The right arrow D will move colors selected from the palette to the draw order The left arrow 4 will remove colors from the draw order The sample bar on the right of the screen will dynamically display the color draw order choices in the order presented in the stacked bar Sample Bar Charcoal Rust Blue 6 2 Protected Colors Certain colors are p
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11. mum Font Size 20 4 Minimum Font Size 8 4 SmartPlace Font Size 7 4 Restore Font Sizes Cancel When satisfied with your choice click _ Click NER to cancel your changes to font size If you wish to restore the default settings for font size Restore Font Sizes click Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager User Guide Page 13 of 21 8 0 Regions The Regions tab allows you to select the Mekko Graphics 4 default setting that corresponds to your geographical area You can choose the region from the preloaded drop down list and Mekko Graphics will automatically reset your preference manager settings for that region You may also overwrite those settings by choosing the Customized radio button and creating a custom definition for your region Customized settings in this tab are saved for each region until you switch back to the default setting for that region i Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager Advanced Region North America v Default C Customized Font Megative Number Format Decimal Separator Thousand Separator Y Axis Title Orientation Y Axis Prefix Suffix Value Cancel 8 1 Font Select the font typeface for the region you have selected All labels will display in that font 8 2 Negative Number Format You have 5 options to choose for the display of negative numbers in your chart These are Dash before Parentheses Dash after Dash before with space and Das
12. n list and Mekko Graphics will automatically reset your Preference Manager settings for that region You may also overwrite those settings by choosing the Customized radio button and creating a custom definition for your region Customized settings in this tab are saved for each region Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager User Guide Page 6 of 21 iz Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager Colors Font Size Regions Advanced Region North America Default Customized Font Negative Number Format Decimal Separator Thousand Separator Y Axis Title Orientation 220141 Y Axis Prefix Suffix Value Top Only Tab 4 Cancel Advanced allows you to import saved Preference Manager settings export custom settings you have created or restore the default Preference Manager settings iz Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager Colors Font Size Regions i Click here to import your custom Preference Manager settings The format must be an xml file you have chosen the desired file click Export Click here to export your custom Preference Manager settings Y ou will be prompted to name your exported file and select a location to which you wish to export the file Restore Mekko Defaults Click here to revert your preferences back to the original settings installed with Mekko Graphics 4 Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager User Guide Page 7 of
13. on and chooses Century Gothic as the font for all charts iz Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager Colors Font Size Regions Advanced Region North America v C Default Customized Font Century Gothic Negative Number Format Dash Before X Decimal Separator Thousand Separator Y Aris Title Orientation Y Axis Prefix Suffis Value Cancel Apply Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager User Guide Page 18 of 21 After Debbie changes the Y axis to vertical Debbie is satisfied with the custom profile she has created She clicks on the Advanced tab to export her preference file Export Settings to File Save in Mekko Exported preferences Eg 2 22705 Mekko Corporate Std xml bastard bas cities tiis doi ecu My Recent Documents 3 Desktop My Documents My Computer File name us M ekko Corporate Std xml v aces Save as type XML Files She stores her exported file US Mekko Corporate Std xml to the company s network and sends a company wide email to US Mekko Graphics users Susan a user in the Chicago office may now import Debbie s file to her machine She clicks on the Import button navigates to the network and finds Debbie s xml file and imports the file Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager User Guide Page 19 of 21 Import Setting File My Recent Documents 2
14. op of the color For darker colors you will want a light intensity For lighter colors choose a dark intensity If you select the color as dark the default font color will be white And if you select the color as white the default font color will be dark This Color Is Dark Light Once you are satisfied with your selection click OK 6 1 2 TO EDIT AN EXISTING COLOR To edit an existing color select the color you wish to edit and then click the button This will bring you into the Create Edit Colors screen below E Create Edit Color Color Name Banana Color RGB Red 232 Green 230 Blue 145 ES zs M This Color Is C Dark Light Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager User Guide Page 10 of 21 Here you may rename your color and or modify the RGB values To choose from a color palette wheel click the button Finally choose the color of the text to be displayed on top of the color For darker colors you will want a light intensity For lighter colors choose a dark intensity If you select the color as dark the default font color will be white And if you select the color as white the default font color will be dark This Color ls Dark Light Once you are satisfied with your selection click Cancel Click 21 to discard changes and return to the Color Manager 6 1 3 To DELETE A COLOR Simply select a color from the Color Palette and clic
15. or miscellaneous features these changes override the original registry settings with your new choices Once you use the Preference Manager those changes will affect future charts that you create or edit It will not automatically change charts you have already created If you wish your preferences to also affect older charts you may either double click the older chart or choose the Update all Charts menu option to update the entire presentation 5 0 Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager Home screen The following screen appears when the user launches the Preference Manager i Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager Colors Font Size Regions Advanced Use Standard Palette Color Palette ed Use Custom Palette Color List Draw Order Sample Bar Charcoal Rust Blue 5 1 Overview of Tabs Tab 1 Colors The Color Manager allows the user to set color definitions for their Mekko charts Mekko comes equipped with four standard color sets available through the dropdown button 1 Mekko Graphics 3 Standard displays the default color palette and draw order for Mekko Graphics 3 Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager User Guide Page 4 of 21 2 Mekko Graphics 4 Standard displays the default color palette and draw order for Mekko Graphics 4 3 Mekko Graphics 99 Standard displays the color palette available through our oldest Mekko version Mekko Graphics 99 4 PowerPoint Standard displa
16. rohs PER beber du 14 8 3 Decimal Separalor eire tp cedet ede ren tel a eden al emer ren toa 14 8 4 Thousand Separalote cine eo eeclesie ade eua citu ei ees 15 8 5 Y ess ecc p Eee ER Fe leona Eco cete Ep aeu Peri eared 15 8 6 Y Axis Prefix Suffix Value eter ode tiere ead eee etd teretes 16 si Mates ie tUe hagas NEN ORAE e NODE o s 16 Gul BXDOFUS ei eno uni d 16 9s Import sooo ient DEC E d opu ecc inpr cuf tea s pe Lea OUS 16 9 3 Using Import Export to create a corporate standard 16 10 0 Default Values of Preference Manager essen 21 11 0 Customer SUDO Mi ea Gin tiet er 21 Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager User Guide Page 2 of 21 1 0 Introduction and History The Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager extends the functionality of its predecessor version in Mekko Graphics 3 by supporting all functionality available in Mekko Graphics 3 Preference Manager plus the addition of new features not supported by its predecessor The Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager is considered a part of the Mekko Graphics 4 software package and allows full customization of Color Definition Draw Order Font Selection Font Size Default Region and Miscellaneous chart registry settings as well as the ability to export and import custom preference manager settings
17. rotected in the Preference Manager These colors are not able to be modified or deleted but may be removed from the draw order Protected colors include Black White and the grayscales 12 gray 25 gray 36 gray 69 gray Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager User Guide Page 12 of 21 7 0 Font Size To customize your font size settings click the second tab in the Preference Manager Font Size Here you may set the maximum and minimum font size for all labels on your chart You may also set the SmartPlace Font Size which is the font size of labels which you have designated to be smartplaced from the Label Manager When you create a chart this algorithm attempts to fit all the labels in your chart at the possible largest font size maximum font size within a 3 point spread If it cannot place 90 of the labels at this font size the maximum font size continues to decrement one point until 90 of the labels are able to be placed If that font size decrements to a certain size defined as a minimum font size plus 2 points and still cannot place 90 of the labels then those labels will become unplaced The font size of all automatically placed labels in your chart will be in the range spread of three points thus creating an internally consistent label size for all labels in your chart The result is a more professional chart created right out of the box i Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager Colors ize 1 Regions Advanced Maxi
18. ys the default color palette available through PowerPoint i Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager Colors Font Size Regions Advanced Use Standard Palette Color Palette Mekko Graphics 4 Standard E Mekko Graphics 3 Standard Use Custom Pak Mekko Graphics 4 Standard Sample Bar Color Mekko Graphics 99 Standard PowerPoint Standard Charcoal Rust Blue If you wish to create a custom palette click the radio button f Use Custom Palette see section 6 1 Tab 2 Font Size The font manager allows the user to set the maximum minimum and minimum smartplace font sizes for all labels on Mekko Graphics charts Smartplace is a Mekko Graphics technology that intelligently positions a label in its home segment of the chart at the lowest possible font size ensuring it will display on the chart Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager User Guide Page 5 of 21 i Mekko Graphics 4 Preference Manager Colors Font Size Regions Advanced Maximum Font Size Minimum Font Size SmartPlace Font Size 7 Restore Font Sizes Cancel Tab 3 Regions The Regions tab allows you to select the Mekko Graphics 4 default setting that corresponds to your geographical area Each region has a pre defined setting for font typeface negative number format decimal and thousand separator Y axis title orientation and scale values You can choose the region from the preloaded drop dow
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