Note: The instructions below are for resizing an object (field, formula, label, line, shape, image, barcode, or subreport) already inserted into a custom report in the Report Writer module.
Click the object (field, formula, label, line, shape, image, barcode, or subreport) for which to resize.
Tip: After an object is selected, handles (boxes) will appear around the outside edges of the selected object. To select multiple objects to resize at the same time, press and hold the Shift or Ctrl key and then select (click) all the desired items to resize, or else click, drag, and drop a box (using your mouse) over all the desired objects. To select all objects within a section, click the title bar for the section and then press the Ctrl+A keys.
Note: If the report to edit is not yet open, first complete the following: from the Report Writer screen, click on the name of the view group in the Report Groups List that contains the report for which to resize an object and click on the name of the report to edit in the Reports List (or click the Find button instead to search for the desired report); then click the Edit Record button located at the top of the screen.
To resize the selected object using your mouse:
Place the cursor (pointer) on a resizing handle (box) on the outside edge of the object. The pointer will change to a two-headed arrow when over a resizing handle.
Then click the sizing handle with the two-headed arrow and drag and drop to the desired size.
Tip: To resize the height and width of an object at the same time, click and drag a sizing handle in the corner of the object.
To resize the selected object using the keyboard:
Hold the Shift key and then press the right-arrow, left-arrow, up-arrow, or down-arrow key. Depending on the option specified in the Grid Control Alignment field within the Report Writer Defaults option, the object will be resized as follows:
Option |
Object Action |
Align to Grid |
Resized by one line (dot) on the grid |
Display Alignment Lines |
Resized to the nearest edge of the next closest object |
None |
Resized by one space |
Note: If desired, hold the Ctrl+Shift keys and then press the right-arrow, left-arrow, up-arrow, or down-arrow key to resize the object by one space (applicable for all Grid Control Alignment options).
Tip: If the Shift key is not pressed, the object will move instead of being resized. Also, if the Ctrl key is pressed, clicking, dragging, and dropping the object will make a copy of the object.
The selected object can also be resized using the following fields in the Properties List (located in the lower right corner of the screen):
Height - located under the Layout section and used to set the exact height of the object using inches.
Width - located under the Layout section and used to set the exact width of the object using inches.
Click the Save button.