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Designing the Page Header

The next section of the report layout you are going to design is the page header. This is the information that appears on all the pages after the first page of the invoice.

To produce the information shown on the second page of the invoice in Figure 1–10, you must perform these tasks:

  1. Copy the group header layout.
  2. Format the fields.
Copying the Group Header Layout

Because the page header includes many of the same fields and formatting as the group header, the easiest way to create the page header is to copy the group header layout.

Follow these steps to copy the group header layout:

  1. Select all the fields, the vertical lines, and the rectangle on the group header band lines.
  2. Choose Edit Copy or the Copy button.
  3. Position the edit cursor at the left margin of the second page header band line.
  4. Choose Edit Paste or the Paste button. Report Builder pastes all the selected information in the page header.

Figure 9–7 shows how the layout should look with the pasted information.

Figure 9–7: Layout with Pasted Header Information

Formatting the Fields

Although the page header includes many of the same fields and formatting as the group header, there are several differences. In this section, you adjust the pasted header information for the page header.

Follow these steps to format the fields:

  1. Move the All Around Sports text field down one band line.
  2. Center the All Around Sports text field on the band line.
  3. Move the Order–num field and label and the Cust–Num field and label down one band line.
  4. Delete the Name, Address, Address2, and City–State–PC fields from the layout.
  5. Move the Page_rb field and label (the Page text field) from the page footer to the fifth page header band line.
  6. Move the Page text field so that its left edge is at the 5-inch mark on the fifth page header band line.
  7. Change the Page text field to Page No., then make it bold.
  8. Move the Page-rb field so that its left edge is to the right of the Page No. text field. When Report Builder creates the Page_rb field, it activates the Merge Left option so that the field will print directly after the label. Therefore, the Page_rb field’s position does not matter as long as it is to the right of the Page No. text field.
  9. Move the Promise–Date field and label up one band line.

The layout looks like the one in Figure 9–8.

Figure 9–8: Layout with Completed Page Header


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