User`s guide

want to flag each item that has shown no activity during the last month, during the last three months,
or during some other defined period. To flag information, identify it and any conditions that will trigger
the flagging.
How do you want information flagged?
You may want to flag items with an asterisk or some other symbol, or you may want a word to appear
as a flag. In any case, you should write out flagging instructions so they are handy.
Crystal Reports gives you the opportunity to underline report elements, and change the font type, size,
or color used for specific report items. It allows you to put borders around items and to draw lines and
boxes (to break the report into sections), set off headings, and so on. All of these formatting tools can
be used to highlight key data on a report. See Formatting.
3.2.5 Determining printing area characteristics
Each report area has its own printing characteristics. It is important to understand these characteristics
because they affect when and how often different report objects get printed.
3.2.5.1 In what order will the areas print on the report?
Areas print in the order they appear on the Design tab (top to bottom). If there is more than one section
in an area, the sections print in the order they appear. For example, if you have three Report Header
sections, all three of those sections will print, in order, before the section(s) in the Page Header area
begin to print.
3.2.5.2 How often do report objects print?
The way objects print will determine how you design your report. This will help you decide where to
place charts, Cross-Tabs, and formulas to get specific results.
Report Header
Objects placed in the Report Header area print once, at the beginning of the report.
• Charts and Cross-Tabs placed in this area contain data for the entire report.
Note:
Both charts and Cross-Tabs can filter report data by using a Group Sort; in such cases, the data
shown in the chart or Cross-Tab is a subset of the data for the entire report.
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