Examples |
Let's start by moving the result description onto its own line below the activity description. Drag the detail band's bar down to make room, then select the field under the Result Description heading and drag it down below the activity description field. Move the detail band's bar until it's a little below the result description field. Drag the page header band's bar down to make room, then drag the lower line in the page header band down to make room. Click on the Result Description heading and drag it down below the Activity Description heading. Move both the User heading and field to the left so they're close to the other fields. Move the lower line and page header band's bar until they're a little below the Result Description heading. The report should now look like this:
Next, choose Page Setup from the File menu. Change the number of columns to 2.
Select the column headings, choose Copy from the Edit menu, then choose Paste to create duplicates, and move the duplicates to the right of the originals. Move the page number objects to the right edge of the window, and adjust the widths of the page header and page footer fields and the lines in the page header and summary bands so they cover the width of the report. The report should now look like this:
Choose Print Preview from the Report menu to preview the report; it should look like this:
Let's add a grey rectangle in the group header to make it stand out. To make room for the rectangle at the left, select all objects in the group header band by holding down the Shift key and double-clicking the grey bar for the band, then click one of them and drag slightly to the right. Now click the Rectangle object () in the Report Controls toolbar, click near the upper left corner of the group header band and drag to the lower right corner to draw a rectangle. Click the Background button (
) in the Color Palette, then click the light grey button to make that the fill color for the rectangle. Oops, the rectangle now completely covers the labels and fields in the band. Click the Send to Back button (
) to move the rectangle behind the other objects. The report should now look like this:
Let's add a logo to the report. To make room for the logo, click the grey bar for the Page Header band and drag it down. Select all the objects in that band by holding down the Shift key and double-clicking the grey bar, then click one of them and drag down. Click the Picture button () in the Report Controls toolbar, then click near the upper left corner of the Page Header band and drag to the right down to about 1.5 inches deep. When the Picture Properties dialog appears, click the button beside the textbox for Image Source and choose an image file. Choose the Scale Contents, Retain Shape option and choose OK. You can then rearrange the other objects in the Page Header band around the logo as desired.
Save the report and preview again. Here's the finished product: