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This tab page contains several settings related to axis labels layout and position. Following is a description for each of these settings:

Label Alignment - allows you to control the label alignment relative to the axis value or range (these labels appear on categorical and range timeline scales) they annotate. By default this setting is set to "Auto" and the axis will automatically select alignment settings.

Scale Level Top Padding and Scale Level Bottom Padding - these two settings are currently not used by the gauge report item.

Level Label Overlap Resolve Mode - allows you to select possible level layout resolve strategies. To better understand how these settings work consider a gauge scale which is so densely populated (for example as a result from a small custom step value) that labels start to overlap. This will decrease the readability of the scale and therefore the scale has to take an automatic decision how to resolve the overlapping. The following table describes the label resolve modes supported by the control:

Label Overlap Resolve Mode	Description
Rotate30	If label overlapping occurs all labels in a single row of the scale will be rotated to 30 degrees. If overlapping persists the scale will attempt the next selected mode.
Rotate45	If label overlapping occurs all labels in a single row of the scale will be rotated to 45 degrees. If overlapping persists the scale will attempt the next selected mode.
Rotate90	If label overlapping occurs all labels in a single row of the scale will be rotated to 90 degrees. If overlapping persists the scale will attempt the next selected mode.
Stagger2	If label overlapping occurs all labels in a single row will be split into two rows. If overlapping persists the scale will attempt the next selected mode.
Stagger3	If label overlapping occurs all labels in a single row will be split into three rows. If overlapping persists the scale will attempt AutoScale if selected.
AutoScale	If label overlapping occurs all labels in a single row are scaled down until overlapping is resolved.

The Number, Angular, DateTime, Value Timeline and Categorical Scales are affected by this setting. For Categorical Scale "First Level Label Fit Mode" or "Group Level Label Fit Mode" must be set to "Level", otherwise the categorical scale will use the settings defined by the "Range Label Overlap Resolve Mode" checked list box as described below.

It is recommended that you always keep the AutoScale mode as a last resort label overlap resolve mode.

Range Label Overlap Resolve Mode - the settings in this group are currently not used by the gauge report item.