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Changing orientation

To change the orientation (portrait or landscape) of a report section, follow the steps for the desired output format:

Printer output (DESTYPE=PRINTER)

To set the report output orientation, do one of the following:

PDF or RTF output

For PDF or RTF output, any values specified for the ORIENTATION command line keyword, ORIENTATION system parameter, and Orientation property are ignored. Orientation of the PDF or RTF output is based solely on the values of the Width and Height properties:

  1. In the Object Navigator, under the Paper Layout node, double-click double-click the Header Section Properties icon, the Main Section Properties icon, or the Trailer Section Properties icon (the properties icon) for the pertinent report section (Header, Main, or Trailer) to display the Property Inspector (by default, a report is defined in the Main Section).

  2. In the Property Inspector, under the Section node, set the Width and Height properties as desired (for example, 11 (or 15) width x 8.5 height for landscape, or 8.5 width x 11 (or 15) height for portrait). Make sure that you subtract the margin depths (for example, for an 8.5 x 11 page with top, bottom, left, and right margins of .25, set Width to 8 and Height to 10.5).

See also

About report sectioning and sections