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User’s Guide


Modifying Field Formats

There are three ways to identify a field’s format:

Follow these steps to change field format:

  1. Select the field whose format you want to change.
  2. Choose Properties Format. The Format dialog box for the field type appears. There are five different dialog boxes that can appear, and the format options depend on the field’s data type.
  3. See the "Format Options" section for a description of the format options.

  4. Specify a format.
  5. Choose OK to apply the new format and to return to the report layout.

When you apply a format to a field, it affects only the way a field prints or displays. Because Report Builder uses unformatted field values in sorting, filters, totals, and calculations, the field format does not affect the data. For example, formatting a three-decimal-place NUMERIC field to display only two decimal places does not cause the Report Builder to ignore the thousandths value in sorts, filters, totals, and calculations that involve that field.


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