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Layout properties

Find these properties

Select the information on your report you want to work with, then from the Properties pane, view the Layout area. If you can't see the Layout title, click the Categorized button at the top of the pane.


Property

Description

Dimension

Controls the size of the information on the report.

Click + to display the height and width properties, then enter the size into the boxes.

End The co-ordinates for the end point of a line, relative to the current section.
Height The height of the selected section in a report (including Page Headers and Footers, Report Headers and Footers, Details and No transactions sections).
Linked Position

Link the position of this element to another element in the report, so it will move relative to the other element. You can link the position to any other element, a section or the report margins.

Select Linked Position, click the finder button , then select the other element that you want to link the position to.

Note: To choose which corner of the other element the position is relative to, set the Linked Position Anchor.

Linked Position Anchor

You can set a linked element's position to be relative to one corner of the other element; e.g. top left or bottom right.

Select Linked Position Anchor, click the finder button , then select the sides of the other element which will set the corner that the linked position will be fixed to.

Linked Dimension

Link the size of this element to another element in the report, so it will be resized relative to the other element. You can link the dimension to any other element.

Select Linked Dimension, click the finder button , then select the other element that you want to link the dimensions to.

Note: To choose whether the width and/or height is linked, set the Linked Dimension Anchor.

Linked Dimension Anchor

If you have set a Linked Dimension, you can choose to link the width and/or height of the elements.

Select Linked Dimension Anchor, click the finder button , then select whether to link the widths and heights of the elements.

Location

Controls the position of information on your report.

Click + to display the X and Y properties, then enter the horizontal and vertical positions into the boxes.

Note: If the element is linked using the Linked Position property, then the location values will show the position relative to the linked element; i.e. the distance from the linked element (from the corner set as the Linked Position Anchor).

Start The co-ordinates for the start point of a line, relative to the current section.

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