Adding headers and footers lets you insert text or images to help define certain elements in a report. The Headers and Footerstab is divided into a Headersarea and a Footersarea. Each area is divided into three sections: Left section, Centre section, and Right section. Use the sections to align header information to the left, centre, or right side of the header or footer.

Note Note

Management Reporter accesses the regional settings of your Windows Operating System for the period description information. For example, if you specify the Autotext code of @DateLong, and the day of the week shows up in your report headers but you do not want day of the week, you must change your operating system regional settings and remove dddd(day of the week) from the Long Date definition. For more information about the regional settings, see your operating system documentation. For an explanation of Autotext options, see AutoText descriptions .

Add header and footer text

  1. In Report Designer, open the report definition to modify. Click the Headers and Footerstab.

  2. Select the row to add text to.

  3. Enter text into the selected row:

    • To enter custom text, type the text into the row.

    • To use an AutoText code, click Insert AutoText, select an AutoTextcategory, and then click an AutoTextcode. For more information about the codes, see AutoText descriptions .

Delete header and footer text

  1. In Report Designer, open the report definition to modify. Click the Headers and Footerstab.

  2. In the Headersor Footersarea, in the Left section, Centre section, or Right section, click a row and press the Delete key.

Modify header and footer text

  1. In Report Designer, open the report definition to modify. Click the Headers and Footerstab.

  2. In the Headersor Footersarea, in the Left section, Centre section, or Right section, double-click the row that contains the text to modify, and then modify the text, as necessary.

Format header and footer text

  1. In Report Designer, open the report definition to modify. Click the Headers and Footerstab.

  2. Click the row that contains the text to format.

  3. Select the font style to apply from the Formattingtoolbar, or click the appropriate formatting button in the toolbar.

Insert an image into a header or footer

Management Reporter supports most file types for images. This includes files that have extensions of .bmp, .jpg, and .png.

Note Note

Text and images cannot be used in the same section.

  1. In Report Designer, open the report definition to modify. Click the Headers and Footerstab.

  2. Click the row to add an image to.

  3. Click Images.

  4. Select an image from the list, and then click Insert.

    If the image is not loaded in Management Reporter, click Add. Then, in the Opendialogue box, navigate to the image to use, and then click Open. Select the image, and then click Insertto insert the image into the report.

Modify a header or footer image

  1. In Report Designer, open the report definition to modify. Click the Headers and Footerstab.

  2. Click Images.

  3. Select an image to modify, and then click Modify.

  4. In the Modify Imagedialogue box, you can change the following settings:

    • To change an image name, type a new name in the Image Namefield.

    • To change an image size, enter a new value in the Scale relative to original image sizefield.

    • To replace an image, click Replace Image. In the Opendialogue box, select a different image, and then click Open.

  5. Click OKto close the Opendialogue box.

Change the report starting page number

  1. In Report Designer, open the report definition to modify. Click the Headers and Footerstab.

  2. In the Start page numbering atfield, enter a starting page number.

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