The Format menu is available from the Designer. You can use the Format Cells dialog box, accessible through the Format menu and the Designer toolbar, to change the font of selected text or grid objects, specify row height and column width to hide rows or columns or set other formatting options. The commands that are available depend on whether a report or report object is selected. The following table shows the commands available under the Format menu.
Table 4. Format Menu
Opens the Format Cells dialog box through which you can format numbers, align text, modify font options, add border and shading, and replace text for the selected cells in the grid | |
Opens the Conditional Format dialog box through which you can apply conditional formatting. For more information, see Formatting Reports. | |
When organizing report objects, select Bring to Front to move an object in front of another object | |
When organizing report objects, select Send to Back to rearrange other report objects on top of, or in front of, the selected object | |
For text objects, opens the Font dialog box through which you can apply formatting to text in a text object. |