Define Report Styles Using the Report Styles Manager

Use Report Styles to define the following properties:

  • General Options: Report Title and Title band font, alignment, color, and lines.
  • Page Options: Page Header and Page Footer font, alignment, color, and lines.
  • Group Options: Group Header and Group Footer font, alignment, color, and lines.
  • Column Headers: Column Header band font, alignment, color, and lines.
  • Data Options: Detail band (data row) font, alignment, color, lines, and alternating rows.
  • Detail Reports: Group Header and Group Footer font, alignment, color, and lines for Detail Reports within a Report.
  • Charts: Chart font, colors, borders, and legend.

To open the Report Styles properties Window:

  1. Open the Report Styles Manager.
  2. Select one of the following:
    • Select File>New to create a new Report Style.
    • Select a Report Style, right-click, then select Edit to modify an existing Report Style.

    The Report Style window opens.

    Report Style Window General Page Modify the Report Style as described in the following sections. You can preview the Report Style at any time using the View Style, View Master/Detail Style, and View Style with chart buttons in the lower left.