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Designing the Report Layout
Although the Payment Letter report definition contains a partially designed layout, you must insert and format the newly created Memo–Choice field. Although you also created the Past–Due–Date and Order–Total fields, you do not insert them in the layout because they appear in the text of the memo fields.
Because the default width of the Memo–Choice field is 60 characters, the text of the memo fields only prints up to 60 characters per line. The page margins for the report are 1 inch, which means that there are 6.5 inches between the margins on an 8.5-inch wide page. If you do not adjust the Memo–Choice field’s width, the text in the memo fields does not fill the space between the margins.
Follow these steps to insert the Memo–Choice field and change it’s width:
- Insert the Memo–Choice field on the third to the last group footer line. Report Builder represents the field with a series of m’s.
- Select Memo–Choice on the report layout.
- Choose Properties
Format. The Format dialog box appears.
- Change the width from 60 characters to 6.5 inches, as shown below:
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- Then choose OK. This allows the memo to fill the space between the margins.
- While the memo is still selected, apply the Times New Roman font to the memo. If you do not apply this font, the part of the memo preceding the Times New Roman font code in the memo file will not have the same font.
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