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Format Bar
The format bar provides a quick way to format fields and text in your report. After you select one or more items on the report layout, you can specify font, point size, style, effect, and alignment by using the drop-down list boxes and buttons on this bar.
Figure 2–8 shows an example of the format bar.
Figure 2–8: Format Bar
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Use the View menu to control display of the format bar. Choose View
Format Bar to hide or display the format bar. A check mark appears beside the menu item when the format bar is displayed.
Report Builder assigns a default alignment to each field when it is inserted on the layout. A field’s default alignment depends on its data type. Table 2–2 lists the default alignment by data type.
Table 2–2: Default Field Alignment Data Type Alignment NUMERIC Right-aligned. MEMO Word-wrapped, left-aligned. All others Left-aligned.
There are three ways to determine the alignment of any field:
See the Progress Report Builder User’s Guide for more information about fields.
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