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This text refers to program version 5.3  

The Appearance of the Report - Adding a Report Title

An overall title is a piece of text that will be printed once at the top of the report. The overall title should be placed in the Report Header section, which is the first section to be printed.
  1. Click once on the top section marked "Report Header" so that it changes to a darker shade of grey. You should always click on a section before adding an object of any kind to a report layout, to ensure the object is placed in the correct section.

  2. Click the [Text] button above the report display area. The 'Text' dialogue box opens:

    Text
    Enter the text that you want to be printed at the top of the report.

    Left
    The text will be contained in a text box. Specify here where the left-hand edge of the text box is to appear on the page, by entering a number of pixels from the left-hand edge of the page. If you're not yet sure where you want the text box to appear, don't change the default. You will be able to move the text box later by clicking and dragging.

    Right
    Specify here where the right-hand edge of the text box is to appear on the page, by entering a number of pixels from the left-hand edge of the page.

    Style
    Paste Special    Styles setting, System module or Style register, Report Generator module
    Use this field to assign a font and font style to the text. If you do not enter a Style, the font and font size specified in the Company Info setting in the System module will be used.

    Overstrike
    You can have the text printed with a red line drawn through it, depending on a condition that you enter here. This is described in more detail on the page.

    Justification
    Use these options to choose whether the text is to be left- or right-justified within its text box.

  3. When the 'Text' dialogue box is complete, click the [OK] button to close it. The text box now appears in the report display area, in the Report Header section:

    The text box helps you see where the text will appear on the printed page. The text box itself won't be printed. You can move the text box horizontally or vertically (i.e. to a different section) by clicking and dragging. When moving an object to another section, drag it onto the grey bar containing the section name. If the text box is too small to show the entire text, double-click it and change the Left or Right measurement.

    The text in the text box will be displayed in a standard text style. If you specified a Style in the 'Text' dialogue box, it will not be used on the 'Layout' card, but only when you print the report to screen or paper.

Having specified a report title, please click the links below for more details about:

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