The 'Home' tab contains commands that modify text, page layout and the header and footer. The following groups are available on the 'Home' tab:
With an appropriate object selected on the Design Canvas, select 'Choose Image' to choose a different image to replace the current one.
Defines how an object size is changed. There are four options:
Select this to automatically resize a text box to fit the contents. The correct layout will appear on the Live Preview screen.
Select this to create line breaks based on the size of the text box. The correct layout will appear on the Live Preview screen.
This group contains the standard Windows font editing properties.
Click the arrow on the bottom right side of the group box to open the Font Properties dialog box.
This group contains the standard Windows edit commands including Cut, Undo, Copy, Redo and Paste.
Select this check box to hide column headers.
Select this check box to hide grid lines.
Select the number of columns that should be visible when the table wraps.
This group contains options related to how the page layout looks.
Click this to select the paper size for the report.
Click this to select the margin size. Margins are measured from the top of the header to the top of the page, bottom of the footer to to bottom of the page, and from the sides of the canvas to the sides of the page.
Click this to select portrait or landscape.
Click this to place a watermark on your report that will appear on every page behind all other objects and text. Choose between text or an image. For text, select either horizontal or diagonal orientation, the font, the font style and color. For both text and images select the transparency.
Click Browse to find the image to be placed.
More information on using a watermark.
This group contains commands for moving the selected container or item or returning them to their default positions.
Returns the selected item to its default position.
Moves the selected item up.
Moves the selected item down.
This group contains the commands that affect an object position on the template.
Use this to position the object on top of other objects or text.
Use this to position the object underneath other objects or text. When using this option, the bottom object will be covered by the objects or text on top of it.
This is available when the Date Time object is selected on the Design Canvas. Click the down arrow to choose the date and time format to show on the report. Autosize and Wrap options are available for this object.
Select a table and then click this to open the 'Edit Table Properties' dialog box. For more information, see "Changing Table Properties".
When the Page Number object is selected on the Design Canvas, selecting 'Show Total Pages' will change the page display format to 'X of Y'.