Changing the text and background colors for objects in HTML reports is useful to make certain text objects or columns to stand out.
For example, in a report that includes customer information, you could specify that each customer name print in blue. You could also highlight the total sales for each customer by defining a background color of yellow to print behind the calculated field for the total sale amount. Finally, you could highlight the entire Date Ordered column by changing the color for the Date object in the report layout.
To change text and background colors:Change the colors on the Font property page for the selected object (see Font Properties).
To access the Font property page, double-click an object in the report layout, or right-click the object and select Object Properties.
To create a custom color, click Custom Colors at the bottom of the color palette in any of the options discussed above and define a color. Custom colors may not display properly in a 256-color mode. If your custom colors do not display properly, try using a higher display setting. Custom colors may also display differently in different browsers.
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