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Toolbars

Report Designer provides several toolbars for commonly used tasks. Additional tasks are available from the menu.

Toolbar Description
General Use this toolbar for commonly used tasks; such as save, print, and report properties.
Alignment Use this toolbar to align, centre, and change the order of items.
Clipboard Use this toolbar for working with the clipboard; such as cut, copy, paste, undo and redo.
Formatting Use this toolbar to apply text formatting, alignment, or styles. See Styles.
Toolbox - Basic Use this toolbar to access more commonly tools from the Toolbox menu; such as adding text, boxes, lines, images, and data fields.
Toolbox - Advanced Use this toolbar to access remaining tools from the Toolbox menu; such as adding barcodes, expressions, and subreports.
Variable

Use this toolbar to add variables to your report. Select a variable table and variable from the toolbar lists, then click Insert.

View Use this toolbar to access view controls such as the zoom settings and rulers.
Group and Lock Use this toolbar to group or lock items in your report.

Status bar

The Status bar at the bottom of the screen displays: the coordinates of your cursor on your report layout,  Designer and  Preview mode icons, the report page number, and the zoom setting.


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