Operation Manual

Quick Start

Quick start for advanced users

70 Crystal Reports User’s Guide

Note:

• The field names and field types can be viewed by selecting the Show

Field Names check box on in the Options dialog box (Layout tab).

• The program automatically places field titles in the Page Header

section unless the Insert Detail Field Headings check box is not

selected in the Options dialog box (Layout tab).

• If additional Details sections are added to the report, field titles will

only be placed in the Page Header section for fields in the Details A

(the original) section of your report.

6. Once the objects are in place, you may want to adjust the report sections.

To do this, right-click the shaded area to the left of the section ruler and

use the shortcut menu that appears:

• To expand a section to accommodate an additional line, choose the

Insert Line command.

• To have the program automatically align the objects in the section

horizontally, choose the Arrange Lines command.

• To reduce the size of a section to eliminate unnecessary white space

above and below objects, choose the Fit Section command. See

“Using white space between rows” on page 268.

7. To generate a report title, you must first enter the title in the Document

Properties dialog box. On the File menu, click Summary Info. Enter a

title in the Title text box of the Document Properties dialog box. Click OK.

8. Choose Report Title from the Special Fields list in the Field Explorer. A

rectangular placement frame appears when you move the cursor over

your report. Click once in the Report Header (RH) section to place the

report title. The report title field contains the text that you typed in the

Title text box of the Document Properties dialog box. See “Adding a title

page to the report” on page 108.

9. To see how the results will print, click Print Preview on the Standard

toolbar.

To speed processing time while building a report, you can preview the

report using only a small subset of the available data. To do this, go to the

File menu, point to Print and then click Preview Sample. See “Preview

tab” on page 90.

In either case, the program takes you to the Preview tab. You can fine-

tune a report in the Preview tab while viewing the results as actual report

data. You can also close the Preview tab and continue working on the

report in the Design tab.