Using the Report Design Environment

Design solutions

There are several things to keep in mind when designing reports that are distributed to different environments. For the best results, consider:

• section characteristics
• making an object underlay a following section
• pre-printed forms
• hiding report sections
• hiding report objects
• placing text-based objects
• placing multi-line, text-based objects
• importing text-based objects from a file
• spacing within text-based objects
• overflow field representation
• selecting multiple objects
• free-form placement
• vertical placement
• TrueType fonts
• page margins
• default printer
• printer drivers.