Patent ID: 8638333

Claim:
A method for formatting a chart, comprising: receiving, by a computing device comprising a memory storage and a processing unit, a standard chart; providing, by the computing device, a chart element pictorially, the chart element representing a chart modification for use in changing the standard chart and residing in a chart ribbon; modifying, by the computing device, the standard chart with the chart element, wherein modifying the standard chart comprises: presenting 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 and a vertical axis title; receiving a selection of the horizontal axis title for possible modification from the first gallery; in response to receiving the selection, presenting 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 and a second option to display the axis title below a horizontal axis; and receiving a selection of one of the options from the second gallery to modify the standard chart; and displaying, by the computing device, the modified chart.