Text Property and Free Text Report Items

Multi-line text properties, such as the Comment or Code Preview, are provided by default as text items. You can also add free text items wherever necessary.

  1. To insert a text property report item, click in the Design or Outline view in the position where you want to add the item and then double click or drag and drop the appropriate Toolbox item.
    Note: Text properties are commonly added to the report as part of a book (see Book Report Items).
  2. To edit a free text item, double-click the item in the Design view and enter text as appropriate.
  3. To modify the property referenced by a text property item, enter the name of the property in the format %(Property).
  4. To modify the default styles for a text item, click its icon to display the command bar, and then click the Styles tool (see Specifying Global Styles and Local Formats for Report Items). To override the default styles for this instance, click the Format tool.