Operation Manual

Introduction to Reporting
Creating a new report
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start for new users” on page 48, text objects are used to easily display the two
contact name database fields as one object, to insert a column heading for
the concatenated contact name, and to insert a title in your report.
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To insert a text object
1. On the Insert Tools toolbar, click Insert Text Object. An empty object
frame appears.
2. Position the text object where you want it to appear in the report.
Click once on the border of the text object to select it for resizing and
moving.
Double-click inside the text object to select it for editing. The Design tab
ruler changes to a text object ruler sized to the length of the selected
object. To the left, a tab indicator appears. By clicking the tab indicator,
you can cycle through the four tab options available.
The ruler allows you to add indents and align text within the text object.
Note: When you first insert the text object into the report, the object is
automatically selected for editing.
Picture fields
When designing reports, there will be times when you want to include a picture.
For example, you may wish to put a company logo in the report header.
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To insert a picture
1. On the Insert Tools toolbar, click Insert Picture.
The Open dialog box appears.
Left-aligned tab.
Right-aligned tab.
Center-aligned tab.
Decimal-aligned tab.
Once you have chosen the desired tab,
click the position on the ruler where
you want to insert it.
Drag to set the
left margin.
Drag to set the
right margin.