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Paper Design view

The Report Editor's Paper Design view is a work area in which you can preview your report and manipulate the actual, or live data at the same time.   In the Paper Design view you can customize reports interactively, meaning that you can see the results immediately as you make each change.

To edit your report, such as changing column size,   the Paper Design view must be in Flex mode.

Access

The Paper Design view is displayed whenever you run a report.   To run a report from the Object Navigator or any editor, click the Run Paper button or choose Programright arrowRun Paper Layout.   To run a report from the Report Wizard, click Finish.  

You can also access the Paper Design view in these ways:

Title

By default, the Paper Design view title is <report name>: Report Editor - Paper Design. You can change the Paper Designer view title by setting the Previewer Title property in the report's Property Inspector.

Viewing region

The viewing region is the area in which you can view and manipulate your report output. You can split the viewing region vertically or horizontally into multiple regions, by dragging the black bars located below and to the right of the scroll bars. You can also magnify the viewing region using the Magnify tool.

Rulers

Rulers are located around the left and top edges of the painting region. Rulers are initially hidden in the Paper Design view. To show rulers, choose Viewright arrowRulers.

Units

You can set the unit of measurement of the ruler to any of the following, by selecting Formatright arrowLayout Optionsright arrowRulers:

When you change a report's Unit of Measurement property, 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 viewing 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.

Toolbar

To use the tools in the toolbar, click the desired tool to perform the action.   If the tool is designed to perform an action on objects, it appears grayed out until one or more objects are selected.   Then clicking the tool performs the action on the selected object(s).

Stylebar

To use the tools in the stylebar, select one or more objects, then click the desired tool. The action represented by the tool will be performed on the selected objects. Tools typically available on the stylebar let you change the font, font style, size and justification of the selected object.

Tool palette

The tool palette is a set of tools you can use to create and manipulate objects. Click a tool to activate it for a single operation, or double-click a tool to "lock" it for multiple operations.

The tools in the tool palette vary depending on the Report Editor view.

Status bar

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