Using the Picture Sheet

The Picture sheet of the Field Properties dialog is displayed when you click the Picture tab. (The Picture tab is visible only for the properties of a picture field.) Picture properties control the placement of your picture field within its field delimiters (field boundaries).

An example of the Picture sheet is shown in the following image.

To change the properties on the Picture sheet of the Field Properties dialog

1. Select a stretch property for your picture field from the Stretch drop-down list box (as shown in the previous image). The following table lists the stretch properties that are available.

   Picture Stretch Property	Description
   None	No stretching is performed. If you have applied one of the stretch properties and you then apply None, the picture returns to its original size.
   To Control	Stretches the picture to fit the field boundaries.
   Control To	Shrinks the field boundaries to fit the picture.
   Proportional	The field boundaries are sized in proportion to the picture. The picture is then stretched to fit the field boundaries so that the picture is always drawn in isotropic proportions to its original size. If you then change the size of the field boundaries, the width or the height decreases (not increases) to keep the same proportional view of the picture.
   Picture Proportional	The picture is sized proportionally to fit the field boundaries. The picture is centered horizontally or vertically if the resized picture does not fill the height or width of the field boundaries.
   Center Picture	Centers the picture horizontally and vertically within the field boundaries.

2. Click another tab if you want to make changes on other sheets of the Field Properties dialog.

3. Click the Apply button to apply the changes you have made or click the Close button to close the Report Formats dialog. To save the recent changes when you close the dialog, you must click the Apply button immediately prior to closing the dialog.

   To abandon any changes that you have made but not yet applied, do not click the Apply button immediately prior to clicking the Close button.