Working with absolute formatting

Absolute formatting is formatting that applies under any condition. This type of formatting property always follows a select, then apply procedure. For example, you select what it is that you want to format (object or section), then you apply the formatting to the selection using property settings.

You can use the following dialog boxes to format your reports:

• Format Editor to format field values
• Section Expert to format entire sections
• Highlighting Expert to conditionally format currency and number fields.

Each of these dialog boxes contains a number of different formatting properties, as well as the tools for turning the properties on or off and specifying attributes.