Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
9 Standard options available for all
graphs
This chapter discusses a class of options Stata refers to as
standard options
, because
these options can be used in most graphs. This chapter will begin by discussing options
that allow you to add or change the titles in the graph and then showing you how to use
schemes to control the overall look and style of your graph. Next, we demonstrate options
for controlling the size of the graph and the scale of items within graphs. The chapter
will conclude by illustrating options that allow you to control the colors of the plot region,
the graph region, and the borders that surround these regions.
For further details, see
[
G
]
std options
.
9.1
Creating and controlling titles
Titles are useful for providing additional information that explains the contents of a
graph. Stata includes four standard options for adding explanatory text to graphs:
title()
,
subtitle()
,
note()
,and
caption()
. This section will illustrate how to use these ti-
tles and how to customize their content and their placement. For further information
about customizing the appearance of such titles (e.g., color, size, orientation, etc.), see
Options : Textboxes
(303). For more information about titles, see [
G
]
title options
. This
section uses the
vg s1m
scheme.
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