When you design a report you must consider how to lay out or arrange the elements on the report template. The Design Layout tab contains a collection of pre-designed layout controls that can be used in the report to give it a visual structure. All reports include a page header and footer, top and bottom charts, and a report data section that provides the framework for organizing and arranging the report content. This includes field controls, logos, and other types of images.
A layout control is used only for layout purposes, not for data presentation. When designing a report in Design mode, the layout control borders are represented by dashed lines to indicate that you are working within the table. However, when end users view the report, the dashed borders do not appear.
Layout controls are used to organize other report controls, to separate one section from another, to create header and footer sections, and to place logos and other graphics. When a layout-related control is inserted onto a report, this layout control is essentially used as an empty container for storing other controls.
See Also
Adding Data Columns (from Layout Tab)
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