How to turn the grid on/off
The Design and Preview Tabs have an underlying grid structure that you can activate and resize in the File Options dialog box.
Choose the OPTIONS command from the File menu. The File Options dialog box appears with the Layout Tab active.
2 Set the Grid Size, Snap to, and Show options in this dialog box.
NOTE: By default, all of the grid options are toggled off.
How to zoom your report in and out
You can easily zoom in on your report. You can choose any magnification from 25% to 400%. This feature is active in both the Design and Preview Tabs.
To zoom your report in or out, set the zoom level you want using the MAGNIFICATION FACTOR drop-down box found on the standard toolbar.
86 |
Seagate Crystal Reports User’s Guide |
Set the desired magnification factor and click OK when finished.
25%
50%
100%
It is helpful to view reports at low magnifications in order to get an overall picture of the layout of your report. Views at higher magnifications work well for attention to the details of the report.
How to undo/redo activities
Seagate Crystal Reports includes multiple levels of undo. With multiple levels of undo, you can undo several changes, a step at a time, until you have your report in the condition you want it.
The program also has a redo feature that reverses an undo. If you move an object, for example, and do not like its new position, you can click UNDO to move it back to its original position. If you then change your mind, you can click REDO to restore it to the place where you moved it.
●To undo an action, click the UNDO button on the standard toolbar. The first time you click the button, it reverses the most recent change you made to your report. Each additional time you click the button it reverses the next most recent change.
Getting to Know Seagate Crystal Reports |
87 |
●To redo a change after you have undone it, click the REDO button on the standard toolbar.
The program disables the UNDO button and the UNDO/REDO commands whenever there is nothing to undo/redo or you have made a change that can’t be reversed.
NOTE: If you undo an action (Action A) and then perform some new action, you will no longer be able to redo action A.
How to drill down on summarized data
Drill down
cursor
You can drill down on your data using the drill down cursor (to show the data behind individual groups). See Sorting, Grouping, and Totalling, Page 271.
Seagate Crystal Reports allows you to drill down on group or summary information in the Preview Tab in both the Standard and the Group Tree view (see Standard view, Page 73 and Group Tree view, Page 74). When you position the cursor over any summary value that you can drill down on, the program displays a drill down cursor.
If you double-click, the program reveals the details behind that specific summary value. For example, if the drill down cursor becomes active over the city summary, you can double-click to see the details behind that summary. See Cursors, Page 64.
●If you have only a single summary, you can look at the summary or at the data from the individual records that are summarized.
●If you have multiple summaries, you can look at the summaries behind summaries (the city summaries that make up the region summaries, for example), or at the data from the individual records that are summarized.
88 |
Seagate Crystal Reports User’s Guide |