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The Properties tab displays the table or cell formatting options depending on which
element you selected. (For more information on the Properties tab, see ”Java Report
Panel interface tour” on page 29.)
4. Click the ... button next the the Borders property.
5. Use the buttons in the Border Editor dialog box to set the border style.
Note: You can also set the borders of header cells, body cells and footer cells in the table
properties. To do so, click the ... button next to the Borders property in the Header cells,
Body cells and Footer cells property sub-groups.
Formatting values on table cells
You can personalize how values display on tables by defining the formatting properties for
the text:
• font style
• font size
• font color
• text alignment
Formatting text in table cells
To format text in table cells:
1. Make sure you are working in Report View.
The Edit Report button is pressed in when you are in Report View and the report tabs
of each report in the document are visible.
2. Select the table whose cells you want to format.
3. Right-click the table, then select Edit Format from the shortcut menu.
The Properties tab displays the table formatting options. (For more information on the
Properties tab, see ”Java Report Panel interface tour” on page 29.)
4. Click the ... button next to the the Text format in the Appearance > Header cells/Body
cells/Footer cells property sub-group.
5. Format the text in the Format Text dialog box.
NOTE: You can also format cell text by selecting the cell then setting the
Appearance > Text Format property in the Properties tab.
You can define the format properties for numbers, date/time, currency and other data type
by selecting from predefined formats or by creating your own custom formats. For full
information, see ”Formatting numbers and dates” on page 199.
Sizing cells
You can define the height and width of cells by: