Position fieds on a report

You can position fields in a report with the arrow keys, but there are also some other tools to facilitate your work.

To move fields with the arrow keys:

  1. Select a field.
  2. Move the field with the arrow keys.
  3. Move the field in small increments by holding down Ctrl and then pressing the arrow keys.

To resize a field:

  1. Select a field.
  2. Resize a field by clicking and dragging its corner.
  3. Resize using Shift+Arrow Keys.
  4. Resize in small increments using Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Keys.

To align a field:

  1. Select a field that has already been aligned properly.
  2. Press and hold Ctrl and select the fields you want to align.

    Dat_Velden op een rapport positioneren - selecteren

  3. Click on one of these buttons:

    Dat_Velden op een rapport positioneren - uitlijnen

    • Align elements on the left (+Shift = adapt format)
    • Align elements on the right (+Shift = adapt format)
    • Align elements at the top (+Shift = adapt format)
    • Align elements at the bottom (+Shift = adapt format)

To center fields horizontally or vertically:

  1. Select a field.
  2. Click on one of these buttons:

    Dat_Velden op een rapport positioneren - centreren

    • Centre elements horizontally
    • Centre elements vertically

To resize fields:

You give all fields the same height or width.

  1. Select a field with the correct dimensions.
  2. Press and hold Ctrl and select the fields whose dimensions (height or width) must match the field that you initially selected.
  3. Click on one of these buttons:

    Dat_Velden op een rapport positioneren - afmertingen

    • Set equal width
    • Set equal height

Directly to

  1. Set up a simple report
  2. Add a report
  3. Add report fields to a data collection
  4. Put fields in the layout
  5. Format fields
  6. Specify the format, page orientation and margins
  7. Dat_Velden op een rapport positioneren
  8. Align report fields
  9. Specify the background colour of the detail section of a report
  10. Format the header using document fields
  11. Format the footer using document fields
  12. Place wage summaries, wage components and calculation bases in reports