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This dialog features a ‘Reset Size’ button and ‘Copy to Output’ checkbox.

Click the ‘Reset Size’ button to set the width and height values to the width

and height in pixels of the original image. Click the ‘Copy to Output’

checkbox if you wish the image you are inserting to be copied into the

report folder. You should do this if you intend to move the report folder at a

later stage.

If the ‘Auto-size?’ option is ticked, the image will rescale together with the

browser window. With images, however, this may cause a loss of quality.

We therefore recommend inserting SWF files as these will rescale without

loss of quality. If you would like to keep the image in its set size you

should disable the auto-size option.

Using ‘Anchor Left’, ‘Anchor Middle’ and ‘Anchor Right’, you can define

where the image is anchored in the report. For example, if you want your

image to be positioned on the right hand border and unaffected by the

browser window size, you would choose the ‘Anchor Right’ option.

To move the image around you can either use the X and Y fields in the

‘Properties’ tab or you can click the image in the canvas to select it and

drag it to the desired location. If necessary, you can resize it by dragging

the selection handles.

C.4.3.4. Text Properties

If you view the properties for a text component (e.g. the report title), you

will see that you can specify a rotation value in degrees for display of the

text in the report (Figure 72). You will also see a ‘Use word wrap?’

checkbox and ‘Word wrap at’ box. If you select the ‘Use word wrap?’

checkbox you will then be able to enter a value into the ‘Word wrap at’ box.

This determines how far to the right text will run before wrapping onto a

new line.