Patent ID: 8605090

Claim:
A method for formatting a chart, the method comprising: receiving, by a computing device comprising a memory storage and a processing unit, a standard chart; providing, by the computing device, a plurality of chart elements pictorially, wherein each of the plurality of chart elements represents a chart modification for use in changing the standard chart; modifying, by the computing device, the standard chart with one or more of the plurality of chart elements, wherein modifying the standard chart comprises: presenting, by the computing device, a first gallery representing a feature of the standard chart for possible modification, wherein the feature of the standard chart for possible modification comprises a horizontal axis title, a vertical axis title, and a depth axis title; receiving, by the computing device, a user selection of the horizontal axis title for possible modification from the first gallery; in response to receiving the user selection of the horizontal axis title, presenting, by the computing device, a second gallery comprising a set of options as to how the selected horizontal axis title could be modified, the set of options comprising a first option to not display an axis title, a second option to display the axis title below a horizontal axis and to resize the standard chart, and a third option to overlay the horizontal axis title on the standard chart without resizing the standard chart; and receiving, by the computing device, a user selection of one of the options from the second gallery to modify the standard chart; and displaying, by the computing device, the modified chart.