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An extra blank page prints after each page
• The layout extends just below the page boundary. In Layout mode, look for a heavy dotted
line running across the bottom of the layout, which indicates where the page breaks. Resize
a layout part until the dotted line disappears. See
Resizing layout parts.
Some records in the portal don’t print
• Only the number of rows displayed in the portal will print. Reformat the portal to show more
fields. See Creating portals to display related records.
• To display all matching related records, make a portal with enough rows to display all
matching records, or find the records in the related file and print from a list layout in that file.
Some fields in the columnar list layout don’t print
Only objects within the margins print. The page boundary is visible in Layout mode (you might need
to scroll to the right) as a heavy dotted line.
• In Layout mode, adjust the width and position of the fields to make them all fit to the left of
the heavy dotted line, or
• Create a second columnar list layout with the fields that don’t fit on the first layout.
There is empty space between records
• Make the body part smaller.
• Set objects to slide, and try setting the sliding options to also reduce the size of the
enclosing layout part. See Removing blank spaces in printouts.
Data is clipped
• Make the field bigger to hold the largest amount of data it contains.
• Use merge fields on your layout, and make the text block big enough to fit the longest text
you anticipate. See Placing merge fields on a layout.
• See Text or objects are clipped.
There’s empty space between fields
• Use merge fields instead of standard fields.
• Set fields and objects to slide up or left to close up space.
Sliding objects don’t slide
• Enter Preview mode; sliding doesn’t show in Browse mode.
• Be sure both the object you want to slide, and the object to be slid into, are set to slide.
• There might be at least one object (for example, a line) that is not set to slide and is
preventing other objects from sliding.
• Portal rows don’t collapse even if they hold less data. Empty portal rows at the end of the list
of related records do collapse.
• See Removing blank spaces in printouts.