A script-enabled browser is required for this page to function properly.

Template Editor

The Template Editor is a work area in which you can define objects and formatting properties for your templates. It is similar to the Layout Model view of the Report Editor. You can create, delete, and modify objects (for example, page numbers, text, and graphics) in the margin area. You cannot create and delete objects in the body area, but you can modify the properties of body objects in the Property Inspector.

Access

To display the Template Editor:

When creating a new template:

When displaying an existing template:

Object representation

Objects in the body are only provided as an example of how visual attributes will be applied to the objects in a report. Objects in the margin area will appear in the report as they do in the template. To view or change an object's settings, display the Property Inspector.

Painting region

The painting region is the area in which you can modify objects while viewing their graphical representations on the screen. There are two regions in the Template Editor:

To navigate between report regions, click the corresponding icon in the toolbar.

Report styles

To toggle the body area between views of the different report styles, use the Report Styles list at the top of the Template Editor.

Rulers

Rulers are located around the left and top edges of the painting region.   Rulers are initially shown in the Tempalte Editor's Paper Layout view.   To hide rulers, choose Viewright arrowRulers and deselect the Rulers menu option.  

Units

When you change a template's Unit of Measurement property (double-click the template icon in the Object Navigator), the ruler units are updated to reflect the Unit of Measurement.   When you set Design in Character Units to Yes, the ruler units are changed to character cells.

Markers  

Markers move along both of the rulers to track your cursor location in the painting region. The rulers scroll along with the painting region.   Likewise, when you magnify part of the painting region, the rulers are updated to reflect the magnification.

Ruler Guides

Ruler guides provide you with a point of reference for creating and modifying objects. To create a ruler guide, click one of the rulers and drag into the painting region.   To show ruler guides, choose Viewright arrowRuler Guides.

Grid

Inside the painting region is a grid to help you position objects in the painting region. The grid is drawn in relationship to the rulers.   In the Ruler Settings dialog box, you specify the interval at which grid lines appear per unit on the ruler.   For example, if you have a Unit of inches and a Grid Spacing of 0.5, there will be one grid line per half-inch on the ruler.    Choose Viewright arrowGrid to display the grid.

Status bar

In the Paper Layout view, the status bar displays the following information:

Usage notes