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Creating and managing layouts and reports
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A columnar list does not print all the fields
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.
• Choose File menu > Print Setup (Windows) or Page Setup (OS X), and change the paper
orientation to landscape so that more columns of fields will print.
In Preview mode, you can also click Print Setup (Windows) or Page Setup (OS X) in the status
toolbar.
• 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. See
About layout types.
There is empty space between records
• Make the body part smaller. See Resizing layout parts.
• 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
• Resize the field object to make it bigger to hold the largest amount of data it contains. See
Resizing and reshaping objects.
• Use merge fields, and make the text block big enough to fit the longest text you anticipate.
See
Placing merge fields on a layout.
There is empty space between fields
• Use merge fields instead of standard fields. See Placing merge fields on a layout.
• Set fields and objects to slide up or left to close up space. See Removing blank spaces in
printouts.
Sliding objects don't slide
• Switch to 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.
• Panel controls slide but do not shrink. Objects inside a panel control do not slide or shrink.
When you print a form, only the front-most panel prints.
See Removing blank spaces in printouts.
Pages break in unexpected places
• Check the paper size and page orientation selected in Print Setup (Windows) or Page Setup
(OS
X).
• Choose Layouts menu > Part Setup, and check each part for page break settings that
should be disabled. See
Defining page breaks and numbering.