Chapter 2: Enhancing Appearance with Text Objects


Overview

There are many times during the report design process that you need to just drop some literal text into your report. This could be a report title that you place in the report header, a label next to a subtotal in the group footer, or a whole paragraph that you place in the report footer (perhaps explaining the methodology of the report). You can accomplish this with text objects.

To insert a text object, choose Insert Text Object or click the Text Object button on the Insert Tools toolbar. You ll see the text object attached to your mouse pointer. Position the mouse where you want the text object to go and click. The text object will be dropped at that location, and you ll be immediately placed in edit mode. You ll always know when you re in edit mode because you ll see a flashing cursor inside the text object and a small ruler at the top of the Design or Preview tab, as shown here:

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Now, just start typing. The material you type will appear inside the text object. When you re finished, just click outside the text object to save your changes.

There are several ways to edit the contents of an existing text object. To use the long way, select the text object and then choose Edit Edit Text from the pull-down menus , or right-click the text object and choose Edit Text from the pop-up menu. The short way is simply to double-click a text object, which places you in edit mode. Once in edit mode, use the cursor keys, BACKSPACE key, and DEL key to move around and edit the text.

Caution  

It s commonplace to attempt to exit edit mode by pressing the ENTER key. Not only will this not end editing, it will start a new line in the text object. This can often cause the contents of the text object to partially or completely disappear. If you want to put line breaks in your text object, go ahead and press ENTER , but make sure you resize the text object when you re finished so that you can see all of your text. You may also format a multiline text object with the Can Grow formatting option.




Crystal Reports 10
Crystal Reports 10: The Complete Reference
ISBN: B005DI80VA
EAN: N/A
Year: 2004
Pages: 223
Authors: George Peck

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