Layout window: Menus

 


Tools menu: Report Field Options

Opens the Report Field Options window, allowing you to specify how the selected field will appear on a report.

Tools menu: Report Drawing Options

Opens the Drawing Options window, allowing you to specify the drawing characteristics of the selected items in the report layout.

Tools menu: Report Section Options

Opens the Report Section Options window, allowing you to specify characteristics of the various sections of the report.

Layout menu: Grid

This menu item activates and inactivates the layout window grid. When the grid is active, a check mark will appear next to this item. All objects added to the layout after the grid has been activated will be aligned to the grid. Using the grid makes it easier to align objects in the layout.

Layout menu: Align To Grid

This menu item aligns any selected objects to the grid.

Layout menu: Show Grid

This menu item displays the grid. You can display the grid when it's active or inactive.

Layout menu: Grid To Back

This menu item places the grid lines behind any objects in the layout area.

Layout menu: Send To Front

This menu item places the selected object in front of any overlapping objects in the layout area.

Layout menu: Send To Back

This menu item places the selected object behind any overlapping objects in the layout area.

Layout menu: Toolbox

This menu item displays the Toolbox window, which you can use to place fields and other items in the layout area, and arrange existing items. The Toolbox window becomes active when you move the pointer over it.

Layout menu: Show Field Names

If you are using a text report with the Variable Characters/Inch option marked, marking this menu item shows each each field’s name, rather than the field’s display characteristics.


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