Help

Creating and managing layouts and reports
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As you are designing a layout, you can work with a tool once, use it repeatedly, or switch between
the tool last used and the Selection tool.
To work with layout tools in the status toolbar:
• Do one of the following:
Field/Control tool Placing and removing fields on a layout
Button tool Defining a button
Popover Button tool Adding a popover
Tab Control tool Adding a tab control
Slide Control tool Adding a slide control
Portal tool Creating portals to display related records
Chart tool Creating charts from data
Web Viewer tool Adding a web viewer
Field tool Placing and removing fields on a layout
Part tool Adding a layout part
Format Painter tool Copying formatting attributes between layout
objects, parts, or backgrounds
Tool Tool name Related topic
To Do this
Use a tool once Click a tool to select it. (The tool becomes gray.)
Keep a tool selected, or locked Double-click a tool. (The tool changes color to indicate
it remains selected until you select a different tool.)
Note You can specify a preference to keep layout tools
locked. See
Setting layout preferences.
Switch between the tool last used and the
Selection tool
Press Ctrl+Enter or Enter on the numeric keypad
(Windows) or press Enter (OS
X).
Select a tool that includes an arrow Windows: Click the arrow to display additional tools,
then choose the tool you want.
OS X: Click and hold the tool to display additional tools,
then choose the tool you want.