Designing Headers and Footers

Headers and footers are displayed at the top and bottom of each page in a report and can be aligned to the right, left, or center. Headers and footers can include text, images, and formulas that retrieve text, such as the report name. You can also include the page number in a header or footer.

  To design headers and footers:

  1. Open a report.

  2. Click the space outside of a report object to display the Report Properties sheet.

  3. Remove any report objects that are located in the header or footer area, then perform one or both of the following actions:

    • To specify a header height, enter a height in inches or centimeters in the Header Height text box.

    • To specify a footer height, enter a height in the Footer Height text box.

      Tip:

      If you do not want a header or footer, specify zero (0) for the header or footer height, respectively. The height of the header and footer defaults to zero (0) units in a blank report layout.

  4. Perform either of the following actions:

    • To insert text in a header or footer:

    1. Select Insert, and then Text.

    2. In the header or footer area, click where you want to place the upper left corner of the text box and drag to the desired size, then release the mouse button.

    3. Click inside the text box. Then, enter the exact text in the text box, or specify a formula in the text box to dynamically retrieve header or footer information. To specify a formula, add functions such as page, date, and report description, click the Insert Functions button in the Text Properties sheet.

      • To insert an image in a header or footer:

    4. Select Insert, and then Image.

    5. In the header or footer area, point to where you want to place the upper left corner of the image and drag to the desired size, then release the mouse button.

  5. Set properties using the Text or Image Properties sheet.