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Creating and Formatting Text Fields
Now that you have removed the unnecessary band lines and fields from the layout, you are ready to create and format the text fields, such as the report title and column labels.
Follow these steps to create and format the text fields:
- Move the Printed: text field, Date_rb field, and Time_rb field from the second title band line to the first.
- Type Amount of Each Item Sold Listed by Sales Representative on the third title band line.
- Make the title 14-point Arial, bold.
- Center the text field on the band line by changing the band line justification to center.
- Create the following column headings on the page header band line: Item Name, ARM, BKO, JCO, MAR, MTW, PAM, PMB, SLA, SMT, Total Each Item.
- Select all the column headings, then make them 12-point Arial, bold, and underlined.
- Deselect the fields.
- Select all the column headings except Item Name, then change the fields’ alignment to right by choosing Properties
Alignment.
- Move the column headings to the locations in the following table. Position the right edge of the field at the specified ruler mark:
Field Ruler Mark ARM 2.5-inches BKO 3.5-inches JCO 4.5-inches MAR 5.5-inches MTW 6.5-inches PAM 7.5-inches PMB 8.5-inches SLA 9.5-inches SMT 10.5-inches Total Each Item 12-inches- Move the Item Name column heading to the left margin of the page header band line.
To gauge whether your layout is properly formatted, check it against the layout shown in Figure 8–2. Because the report is wide, Report Builder displays only a portion of the report layout. Figure 8–2 shows the last six column headings.
Figure 8–2: Layout with Column Headings
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