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Adjust the Layout of Report Elements

This document describes how to customize the report elements layout and consists of the following sections.

  • Selecting Report Elements
  • Moving Report Elements
  • Resizing Report Elements

Selecting Report Elements

To select a report control or band, click it. To select the next element in the tab order, press TAB. To select the previous element in the tab order, click SHIFT + TAB.

To select multiple elements, do one of the following.

  • Click report elements while holding down the CTRL or SHIFT key.
  • Click on a blank space and drag the mouse to create a selection frame. When the mouse button is released, all controls within the selection frame's boundaries will be selected. In this case, the previous selection is cleared.

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Moving Report Elements

To move a report control, select it and drag to the new location. To move it using the keyboard, press the arrow keys.

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You can also move multiple selected report controls in the same way as individual controls.

The report controls can be precisely aligned to each other using the Snap Gird and/or Snap Lines. For details on this, refer to Control Positioning .

Resizing Report Elements

To resize a control using the mouse, select it and then drag a rectangle drawn on its edge or corner.

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You can also select multiple controls and resize them in the same way as individual controls.

To resize a report band, drag its bottom border.

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