When you apply a template to a report, all of the following objects, properties, and attributes from the template are applied to the current report section:
parameters and their validation triggers
physical page size
logical page size
character/bitmap mode
margin position
panel print order
Maximum Horizontal Body Pages property
Maximum Vertical Body Pages property
In addition, all of the layout objects in the margin of the template are copied into the same location in the current report section.
Notes:
The template will be applied to the current section of the report (the section displayed in the Paper Layout view) by default. If no section is displayed, the template will be applied to the Main Section of the report by default. If you select the node for the entire report in the Object Navigator, the template will be applied to the Main Section of the report by default. To apply the template to a specific section of your report, select the node for that section in the Object Navigator.
You can apply different templates to each section of the report. However, if you are applying one of the default templates, you cannot combine two report blocks that use different default templates in a single report. All of your report blocks in any one report must use the same default template.
About inheritance in templates
Applying a template to a report
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