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Report Designer Basics
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Aligning, Resizing and Justifying Multiple Objects
To save you manually aligning and resizing each object individually, you can use the Align and
resize button on the Main toolbar or the Alignment option from the Format menu, and resize
several objects at one time. You can align your objects either horizontally or vertically.
The resize option is useful for adjusting the size of multiple objects. For example, if you want all
the address variables on a report to be the same size, you can adjust just one of the address
variables to the size you require, select the remaining address variables and use the Align and
resize button on the Main toolbar.
You can also justify your object(s) on the report to change the appearance of the information
within the object. There are three types of justification: left, right and centre.
To align or resize multiple objects
1. Select the objects you want to align or resize.
2. From the main toolbar, click 'Format' and then select 'Alignment'.
The 'Alignment' window appears.
3. To align objects horizontally, from the 'Horizontal' drop-down list, specify how you want to
align them, either from the left, centre or right. Then, using the 'From' drop-down list, select
where you want the alignment to start.
To resize all objects to the same width as the object with the smallest width, from the
'Horizontal' drop-down list select 'Width Min'. To resize all objects to the same width as
the object with the greatest width, from the 'Horizontal' drop-down list select 'Width Max'.
4. To align your objects vertically, from the 'Vertical' drop-down list, specify how you want to
align them, either from the top, centre or bottom. Then using the 'From' drop-down list,
select where you want the alignment to start.
To resize all objects to the same height as the object with the smallest height, from the
'Vertical' drop-down list select 'Height Min'. To resize all objects to the same height as the
object with the greatest height, from the 'Vertical' drop-down list select 'Height Max'.
5. To save your alignment and resizing settings, click 'OK'.