Setting the Section Properties

The Section Properties dialog is displayed when you select the Properties command on the popup menu that is displayed when you right-click inside a section on the report.

Use the Section Properties dialog to set and maintain default values that apply to individual sections of your report.

When you create a new report, the main sections that are automatically included are:

• Report header

• Page header

• Detail

• Page footer

• Report footer

You can also create group headers and footers.

Report sections are created with default properties that you can change by using the Section Properties dialog. You can also change some section properties by using commands that you access directly from the right-click popup menu without displaying the Properties dialog. You can change section properties in advance of any physical design or you can change them at any time during the design process.

For a description of report sections, see "Using the Sections of a Report", earlier in this chapter.

To display the context-sensitive popup menu for a section

• Right-click while your cursor is over the section whose properties you want to change. (Ensure that the cursor is not within a field, or the field properties popup menu is displayed instead of the section properties popup menu.)

The section properties popup menu, shown in the following image, is then displayed.

Some section properties are available on the popup menu when you right-click in a section.

The full range of properties is available when you select the Properties command from the popup menu.

The section properties are described in the following subsections.

• Changing the Section Properties on the Popup Menu

• Changing the Section Properties using the Properties Command

• Changing the Section Properties using a Format Script