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Properties
Introduction
Every piece of information has properties that control how
it appears and behaves on your reports.
The properties of an expression, variable or text box will
differ to the properties of a box or line, but there will be some things
in common such as whether it should be allowed to print or not.
You can
- Control
numeric properties such as the decimal place used, for example, 3.1222 or
3.1.
- Change
date and time properties, for example, 21/12/10 or 21-12-2010 and 2.30 PM
or 14:30.
- Resize
and position information.
- Control
print settings such as printing information only on the first page of
your report.
- Lock
information on a report layout to prevent it from being moved.
- Change
the appearance of information, such as its colour, font size or background
colour.
Using properties
- In
Designer mode, select the item in the report that you want to work with.
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The item's properties are displayed in the ; for example, Background or Text Style.
Properties can be listed by category or alphabetically; click the 
Categorized or 
Alphabetical icons.
- You can change some properties directly in the pane, whilst others are set by clicking the finder button
.
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