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27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Smooth Line Properties</title>
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32<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3803827">
33<bookmark_value>curves;properties in line charts/XY charts</bookmark_value>
34<bookmark_value>properties;smooth lines in line charts/XY charts</bookmark_value>
35</bookmark><comment>mw added two entries</comment>
36<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3050325" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW">Smooth Line Properties</paragraph>
37<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id9421979" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In a chart that displays lines (Line type or XY type), you can choose to show curves instead of straight lines. Some options control the properties of those curves.<comment>most possibly these curves are not Bezier curves.</comment></paragraph>
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42<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id1228370" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">To change line properties</paragraph>
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45<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id1601611" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select Cubic Spline or B-Spline.</paragraph>
46<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id879848" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">These are mathematical models that influence the display of the curves. The cubic spline line passes through all points, while the B-spline line connects the first and last point and passes by the intermediate points.</paragraph>
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49<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3464461" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Optionally set the resolution. A higher value leads to a smoother line.</paragraph>
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52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id6998809" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">For B-spline lines optionally set the data points order.</paragraph>
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54</list><comment>1088553477 cubic spline</comment>
55<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/chart2:RadioButton:DLG_SPLINE_PROPERTIES:RB_SPLINES_CUBIC" id="bm_id1593676" localize="false"/>
56<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3424481" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid="." visibility="hidden">Apply a cubic spline model.</ahelp></paragraph><comment>1088553478 b-spline</comment>
57<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/chart2:RadioButton:DLG_SPLINE_PROPERTIES:RB_SPLINES_B" id="bm_id1243629" localize="false"/>
58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id1068758" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid="." visibility="hidden">Apply a B-spline model.</ahelp></paragraph><comment>1088559618 resolution</comment>
59<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/chart2:MetricField:DLG_SPLINE_PROPERTIES:MF_SPLINE_RESOLUTION" id="bm_id9044770" localize="false"/>
60<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id2320932" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid="." visibility="hidden">Set the resolution.</ahelp></paragraph><comment>1088559617 data points order</comment>
61<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/chart2:MetricField:DLG_SPLINE_PROPERTIES:MF_SPLINE_ORDER" id="bm_id3674123" localize="false"/>
62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id8638874" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid="." visibility="hidden">Set the data points order.</ahelp></paragraph>
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