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Design toolbox: Formatting tab

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Conozca las acciones disponibles en la pestaña Formato de WorldShare Report Designer.

The Formatting tab consists of the following subtabs:

Formatting tab

Custom report formatting tab

 Note: If a button is greyed out, it is not available for use.

Font subtab

This subtab allows you to select from the True Type fonts available for use in a report. The table below lists the options available on this subtab.

Item Button Descripción
Font name

Font subtab font name button

 Allows you to pick a new font for the report text.
Font size

Font subtab font size button

 Allows you to change the size of the report text.
Grow font

Font subtab grow font button

 Allows you to increase the font size.
Shrink font

Font subtab shrink font button

 Allows you to decrease the font size.

Border subtab

This subtab allows you to select the number of sides, color, and size of the border of each cell in a report. Click any cell in the report to activate the Border subtab. The table below lists the options available on this subtab.

Item Button Descripción
Borders

Border subtab borders button

 Changes the border style on the selected element.
Borders color

Border subtab borders color button

 Changes the border color on the selected element.

Cell subtab

This subtab allows you to merge or clear cells. Click any cell in the report to activate the Cell subtab. The table below lists the options available on this subtab.

Item Button Descripción
Merge cells

Cell subtab merge cells button

 Merges or unmerges selected cells.
Claro

Cell subtab clear button

 Clears the content and condition formatting from cells.

Style subtab

This subtab allows you to accent the characters in a report to bold, italicized, underlined, or strikethrough. It also allows users to select the text color, fill color, and to insert a background color or image for a report. The table below lists the options available on this subtab.

Item Button Descripción
Bold

Style subtab bold button

 Bolds the selected text.
Italic

Style subtab italic button

 Italicizes the selected text.
Subraye

Style subtab underline button

 Underlines the selected text.
Strikethrough

Style subtab strikethrough button

 Draws a line through the middle of the selected text.
Text color

Style subtab text color button

 Changes the text color on the selected element.
Background color

Style subtab background color button

 Changes the background color on the selected element.
Background image

Style subtab background image button

 Sets a background image.

Numbers subtab

This subtab allows you to format numbers as currency or percentages. The table below lists the options available on this subtab.

Item Button Descripción
Currency

Numbers subtab currency button

 Applies a currency format.
Percentage

Numbers subtab percentage button

 Applies a percentage format.
Number format

Numbers subtab number format button

 Allows you to choose from a set of predefined formats or use the dialog box to choose.

Alignment subtab

This subtab allows you to align text to the right, left, or center as well as place text in the middle, top, or bottom of a cell. The table below lists the options available on this subtab.

Item Button Descripción
Align left

Alignment subtab align left button

 Aligns your text with the left margin.
Align center

Alignment subtab align center button

 Centers your text on the screen.
Align right

Alignment subtab align right button

 Aligns your text with the right margin.
Align top

Alignment subtab align top button

 Aligns text with the top of the cell.
Align center

Alignment subtab align center button

 Aligns text with the center of the cell.
Align bottom

Alignment subtab align bottom button

 Aligns text with the bottom of the cell.
Wrap text

Alignment subtab wrap text button

 Wraps extra-long text into multiple lines.

Size subtab

This subtab allows you to assign a width and height to a selected cell, row, column, or table. Click anywhere in the report panel to activate the Size subtab. The table below lists the options available on this subtab.

Item Button Descripción
Specify a minimum width for selected cells.

Size subtab specify minimum cell width button

 Allows you to specify a minimum width for the selected cells.
Specify a minimum height for the selected cells.

Size subtab specify minimum cell height button

 Allows you to specify a minimum height for the selected cells.

Padding subtab

This subtab allows you to assign padding from the ends and top/bottom of the border of a selected cell, row, column, or table. Click anywhere in the reports panel to activate the Padding subtab. The table below lists the options available on this subtab.

Item Button Descripción
Padding horizontal field

Padding subtab padding horizontal field button

 Allows you to specify the padding for a horizontal field.
Padding vertical field

Padding subtab padding vertical field button

 Allows you to specify the padding for a vertical field.

Tools subtab

This subtab allows you to assign formatting to multiple places, display selected formatting options, and clear selected formatting options. The table below lists the options available on this subtab.

Item Button Descripción
Format painter

Tools subtab format painter button

 Double-click this button to apply the same formatting to multiple places in the document.
Formatting

Tools subtab formatting button

 Displays formatting options for the selected report element.
Clear format

Tools subtab clear format button

 Resets to default format, including all child items.