Use the Stretch/Shrink options to stretch or shrink the edge of an object to align with the edge of another object in your report layout.
For example, assume that you have two objects in the layout. Assume further that you want to place a line beneath these objects that extends to the edges of both objects. If you inserted a line that was initially smaller than the two objects, you could use Layout, then Stretch, and then Left and Layout, then Stretch, and then Right to stretch the line so that it is the same size as the two objects.
Similarly, if you inserted a line that was initially larger than the two objects, you could use Layout, then Shrink, and then Left and Layout, then Shrink, and then Right to shrink the line so that is the same size as the two objects.
The following options are available:
Left—Stretches or shrinks an object to be aligned with the left edge of the last object selected.
Right—Stretches or shrinks an object to be aligned with the right edge of the last object selected.
Top—Stretches or shrinks an object to be aligned with the top edge of the last object selected.
Bottom—Stretches or shrinks an object to be aligned with the bottom edge of the last object selected.
Page Left—Stretches or shrinks an object to be aligned with the left side of the page.
Page Right—Stretches or shrinks an object to be aligned with the right side of the page.
Section Top—Stretches or shrinks an object to be aligned with the top of the current section in the layout.
To stretch or shrink objects in your report layout:
Select the objects to stretch or shrink.
To select multiple objects, press the [Shift] key and click on the desired objects. Select the object you wish to align to last. For example, to align object 1 with object 2, select object 1 and then select object 2.
To select all the objects in one section, click in the section and choose Edit, then Select All.
Do one of the following:
Choose Layout, then Stretch/Shrink and select the desired option.
Use the keys on your keyboard.
The keystrokes that correspond to each menu option appear to the right of the menu option. For example, to stretch or shrink an object to be aligned with the left edge of the last object selected, you can select the objects and press [Alt+Left Arrow] (hold down the [Alt] key and press the [Left Arrow] key).