These properties specify the default settings for new windows, however each property can be overridden for a specific, existing window. Because these are default settings, changes generally affect new windows, not existing windows.
This property determines the numeric format of the values displayed at each tic X or Y mark. In general, Auto Format should provide good results, but a different format might result in better numeric display for certain types of data.
Tic marks can extend outward or inward from the parent axis. The Tic All Axes allows tic marks to be displayed on all 4 borders of a window and is often selected when the Inside Margin Tic Location property is specified.
The X Subtics and Y Subtics properties specify the number of subtics to display between each major tic. The Tic Length property determines the length of a tic mark in screen pixels and Subtic Length sets the length of each subtic.
These properties specify the method used to determine the default ranges of the X and Y axes.
For the X axis, Range Centering causes the X range to scale to the actual X extent of the data. This range may not necessarily begin or end on a tic mark. Use the Tic Marks option to force the X axis range to begin and end on a tic mark.
For the Y axis, Peak Centering causes the Y range to scale to approximately the same distance above and below the maximum and minimum values of the data, resulting in an essentially horizontally centered plot. This range may not necessarily begin or end on a tic mark. Use the Tic Marks option to force the Y axis range to begin and end on a tic mark.
This property determines the style of X or Y grid lines aligned with the tic marks in a window. The Display X Grids and/or Display Y Grids options must be enabled for default grids to appear.
Both the X and Y axes can display with either linear or logarithmic scales. For log scales, labels are positioned at each decade. Every sub-tic can be optionally labeled. Log tic labels can be shown in standard form or 10N exponential form.
The Y axis label is normally rotated 90 degrees to align with the Y axis. Unset Rotate Y Label to display the Y axis label vertically. By default, when a window updates, axes labels and window labels also update to reflect the new window properties. Set Preserve Axes Labels and/or Preserve Window Labels for "sticky" labels that remain unchanged upon window recalculation.
By default, X and Y axes extend from low to a high ranges. Select Reverse X Axis and/or Reverse Y Axis to reverse the plot direction of an axis. Infinity values, inf normally plot outside the axis. The Plot INF as Gaps property causes infinity values to plot as a gap, similar to nan values. Windows normally autosize to maximize the plotting area. Set Square Aspect Ratio to create a square plotting area within a window regardless of the shape of the window frame.
This will set the default scale location. Axes can be located on the Bottom or Top (X-axis), Left or Right (Y-axis), and with or without labels (in any combination). Changes to this property take effect for new windows added to the worksheet.