Specifications

CHAPTER 16 Working with Rich Text
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The whole RichText report
Settings for the whole RichText report include the values you specified in the
wizard, as well as:
• Whether pictures are displayed or represented by empty frames
• Whether newly entered text will wrap within the display
• Whether various nonprinting characters, such as tabs, returns, and spaces,
are visible
• Standard report settings such as units of measurement and the pointer
• Print specifications
Use the following procedure to change settings:
❖ To set values for the RichText report:
1 Make sure nothing is selected in the Design view by clicking to set the
insertion point.
2 Right-click in the Design view and select Properties from the pop-up
menu.
3 Click Help to get more information about a specific setting.
Selected text and paragraphs
You can specify detailed font formatting for selected text. The selected text can
be one character or many paragraphs.
If an input field is part of the selection, the font settings apply to it, too. A
picture that is part of the selection ignores settings for the selected text object.
❖ To specify formatting for selected text:
1 Select the text you want to format.
2 Right-click in the Design view and select Properties from the pop-up
menu.
The Selected Text Object dialog box displays. You can set:
• Paragraph alignment The alignment setting on the Selected Text
page applies to all paragraphs in the selection.
• Font formatting Settings on the Font page apply to text in the
selection, including input fields.