These enhancements are available in all editions of Seagate Crystal Reports.
The report design interface offers much better control over the positioning of report objects with the ability to move, align, resize, copy, and paste multiple objects and new alignment and ruler options. This is especially useful for designing reports for use with printed forms.
Connecting to data is faster and more intuitive for end users, with the Data Explorer's familiar Explorer
Now you can insert, edit, or delete fields in the Design and Preview tabs. The Field Explorer provides a list of the database, formula, parameter, group name, running total, and special fields that you can add to your report.
Autosaving is now supported. Reports can be saved with a visual preview "snapshot" of the first page.
In the Preview tab, search for strings in text objects, field objects, subreports, cross
The OLAP/Cross
File export has been enhanced to provide better preservation of formatting and new support for the Adobe Acrobat (PDF) and HTML 4.0 file formats for more accurate rendering of a report's look and feel.
The .rpt file format has been improved to create smaller files with faster compression and more efficient storage of complex reports containing saved data. Version 7 users can also open report files created in Seagate Crystal Reports 8, but some features may not be supported.
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