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Designing the Page Footer

The page footer contains the information that appears at the bottom of all the pages except the last page of each invoice.

To produce the information shown on the first page of the invoice, you must perform these tasks:

Copying the Group Footer Layout

Just as you copied the group header information to design the page header, copy the group footer information to create the page footer.

Follow these steps to copy the group footer layout:

  1. Select all the fields and the rectangle on the group footer band lines.
  2. Choose Edit Copy or the Copy button.
  3. Position the edit cursor on the second page footer band line.
  4. Choose Edit Paste or the Paste button. Report Builder pastes all the selected objects in the page footer.

Figure 9–11 shows how the layout should look with the pasted information.

Figure 9–11: Layout with Pasted Footer Information

Formatting the Fields

When you pasted group header information into the group footer, you formatted the fields to display the appropriate information. You do the same here.

Follow these steps to format the fields:

  1. Delete the Order–Total field and label.
  2. Insert the Page–Total field with its label on the third page footer band line.
  3. Move the Page–Total text field so that its right edge is at the 5-inch mark, then make it bold.
  4. Position the Page–Total field on the third page footer band line so that its right edge aligns with the right edge of the Order–Total field (which is on the third 2GF–Order–num record band line).
  5. Move the rectangle so that its edges align with the rectangle in the group footer.

When you have completed these changes, you are finished designing the report layout. The layout should look like the one in Figure 9–12.

Figure 9–12: Completed Report Layout


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