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Horizontal and Vertical Rulers

Horizontal and vertical rulers help you place fields and text at specific positions on the report layout. For example, if you type a column heading on the layout immediately under the 1-inch position on the horizontal ruler, the column heading will begin printing 1 inch from the left margin of the report.

Figure 2–9 shows an empty report layout with both rulers visible. Notice that the numbers on the vertical ruler restart at zero for each type of band line.

Figure 2–9: Empty Report Layout, Rulers and Grids Showing

Settings for the horizontal and vertical ruler scales determine the grid display (when the grid is turned on). Grid dots are spaced according to the Units per inch settings specified for the rulers. To change the calibration of the ruler lines, double-click on either ruler to open the Ruler dialog box shown in Figure 2–10:

Figure 2–10: Rulers Dialog

By default, both rulers have 10 units per inch. To change ruler spacing, in the Units per inch field enter a number from 4 to 30, which represent the number of ruler divisions per inch, then choose OK. For example, if you set Units per inch for the horizontal ruler to 4, the horizontal ruler scale and grid markings are arranged in .25-inch increments.

NOTE: Although you can specify to run Report Builder using centimeters as the unit of measurement by changing the measurement setting in the International section of the MS-Windows control panel, the horizontal and vertical rulers will still use inches.


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