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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Add Text Blocks to Report Designs

Add Text Blocks to Report Designs

Create a report design file.
Use text blocks for longer pieces of text. Text blocks can contain plain text, HTML, or inline expressions.
  1. Drag a
    Text
     report item from the
    Palette
     to the required position on the
    Layout
     tab of the main view. An empty text box displays.
  2. Enter your text in the large blank space.
  3. To tell Report Designer how to interpret your text, select the relevant option from the content type drop-down list:
    • Auto
    • HTML
       (default)
    • Plain
  4. When entering HTML, you can add tags manually or use the tag shortcuts on the toolbar. To use the shortcuts, highlight the relevant text and click a tag in the toolbar. Report Designer adds the tags around the selected text.
  5. To change the type of tags that are displayed in the toolbar, select from the category list on the left of the toolbar. The options are:
    • Formatting
    • Layout
    • Content
    • Lists
    • Dynamic Text
    Report Designer interprets dynamic text as JavaScript. Select this option when you want to use an expression to manipulate data before the report displays it.You can edit the text box again at any time by double-clicking it.