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Creating and managing layouts and reports
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Inserting the date, page number, or other variable onto a layout
Inserting graphics onto a layout
Using buttons with scripts
Adding fields to a layout
Editing objects, layout parts, and the layout background
Adding text to a layout
Adding text to a layout makes the layout easier to use and understand. Use text for:
• field labels for fields. (You also have the option of creating a field label using the field’s name
when you place a field on a layout.)
• column headings in columnar reports.
• instructions on a form.
• a form letter, with merge fields displaying data.
• the current date, page number, or record number.
Note To add or change text in your database fields, switch to Browse mode. For more information,
see
Adding and viewing data.
To type text on a layout:
1. In Layout mode, click the Text tool in the status toolbar.
You can also choose Insert menu > Graphic Object > Text.
2. With the I-beam pointer, do one of the following:
• Click where you want to add text, which creates a small text block that enlarges when
you type text into it.
• Click and drag to define the maximum line length for the text.
You see a blinking insertion point.
3. Type the text.
To set text formatting options such as font, style, line spacing, text color, and alignment, see
Formatting text.
Notes
• Text blocks that are typed or pasted onto a layout are objects, which you can manipulate in
the same way as any other object. For example, you can assign a background color or
border, or rotate a text object. For more information, see
Editing objects, layout parts, and
the layout background.
• Although you can add text anywhere on a layout, the layout part where you place the text
determines how the text appears in Browse mode or Preview mode (for example, once for
each record, only at the top of the report, and so on). For more information on layout parts,
see
About layout part types.
• To type text that fills another object, select the object and begin to type (without clicking the
Text tool). The text is positioned in front of the object and conforms to its shape.