Specifying Global Styles and Local Formats for Report Items

The formatting of your report is highly customizable. You can set global default styles and override them for individual report items by specifying local formats.

Use the following tools on the Design view command bar to access global default styles and individual formats:
Tool Description
Report Tool - Edit Format Format - Specifies the format for the selected report item

Report Tool – Edit Styles
 Styles - Specifies the default global style for all report items of this type.
  1. Select Report > Styles from the Report Editor window to open the Styles dialog:


  2. Select the report item element for which you want to specify a default style in the left pane. The following elements are available:
    • Text / Image File
    • Title Component - Control the borders, fill, and spacing around the container headed by a title report item.
    • Title 1-9
    • Header / Footer
    • Free Text
    • Table of Contents Title / Entry
    • Card / List / Matrix - Control the borders, fill, and spacing around the item (including its title).
    • Card Row Header / List Column Header / Matrix Row / Column Header - Control the font and spacing of the header cells.
    • Card Content / List Content / Matrix Content. - Control the font and spacing of the content cells.
    • Card Table / List Table / Matrix Table - Control the borders and spacing of the table and the internal dividers between the header and the cells and between the cells.
  3. Specify the default styles for the selected element using the following tools. Changes are visible immediately in the Design window:
    Tool Description
    Report Tool – Font Font
    Report Tool - Font Size Font Size
    Report Tool - Bold Report Tool - Italic.gif Report Tool - Underline Report Tool - Strikethrough Bold / Italic / Underline / Strikethrough
    Report Tool - Font Color Font Color
    Report Tool - Align Left Report Tool - Align Center Report Tool - Align Right Report Tool - Justify Align Left / Center / Right / Justify
    Report Tool - Borders Report Tool - Border Color Report Tool - Fill Borders / Border Color / Fill
    Report Tool - Increase Vertical Spacing Report Tool - Decrease Vertical Spacing Increase / Decrease Vertical Spacing - Increase or decrease the spacing above and below the element equally.
    Report Tool - Increase Top Spacing Report Tool - Decrease Top Spacing Report Tool - Increase Bottom Spacing Report Tool - Decrease Bottom Spacing Increase / Decrease Top / Bottom Spacing - Increase or decrease the vertical spacing above or below the element.
    Report Tool - Increase Horizontal Spacing Report Tool - Decrease Horizontal Spacing Increase / Decrease Horizontal Spacing - Increase or decrease the spacing to the left and right of the element equally.
    Report Tool - Increase Left Spacing Report Tool - Decrease Left Spacing Report Tool - Increase Right Spacing Report Tool - Decrease Right Spacing Increase / Decrease Left / Right Spacing - Increase or decrease the horizontal spacing to the left or right of the element.
    Report Tool – Row Header Divider Report Tool – Column Header Divider Row / Column Header Divider - Toggle the display of a dividing line between the table row or column header and the content cells.
    Report Tool – Horizontal Cell Dividers Report Tool – Vertical Cell Dividers Horizontal / Vertical Cell Dividers - Toggle the display of dividing lines between the table content cells.
Parent topic: The Report Editor