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Field Format Settings

Feature Location: Format tab

Availability: Version 1.3+

Field Options

Order

Use the up/down arrows to specify the column display order.

Display

Yes - the column will be displayed in the report.  This is the default setting.

No - the column will NOT be displayed in the report.  The entire row for the column turns gray when Display is set to No.

Field

The list of columns (fields) returned by the data source.  

Title (rename a field)

Specifies a new (user-friendly) name for each column in the report.

Note: The Group By setting and the Duplicates setting will be affected if they have previously been set using a column that is later renamed.  This can be corrected by specifying the appropriate setting after the column has been renamed.

Case (field options)

Change the case for the column (field) heading.  This will NOT change the case of the data in the column (see Case (data options)).

lower - change all letters to lower case
Title - Capitalize The First Letter Of Each Word
UPPER - CHANGE ALL LETTERS TO UPPER CASE
Sentence - Capitalize the first letter of each sentence.
Default - leave the case as is

Data Options

Wrap (multiline)

This feature activate's Excel's Wrap Text setting for the specified columns. The text in those columns will display in multiple lines as necessary to fit the cell's content. Use this feature when you want to see all the data in a cell. This may expand the size of the row to display all the data (dependent on the amount of cell contents and the width of the column).

Yes - the data in the column will be wrapped.
No - the data in the column will NOT be wrapped. This is the default setting.

Note:  The data will not wrap if you have checked the Summary setting until you click the Detail button.

Note:  Resize columns has no effect when wrap is set.

Resize (width)

This feature will resize the width of the column to fit the contents.

Note:  Resize columns has no effect when Wrap is set.

Bold

Enter a comma separated list of columns you want bolded in this field. Data in those columns will be bolded.

Yes - the data in the column will be bolded.
No - the data in the column will NOT be bolded. This is the default setting.


H. Align

Sets the horizontal alignment for the field's DATA.  General is the default alignment. Left, Right and Distributed alignments may also include an indent setting. The indent value is ignored for all other alignment settings.  The figure below provides an example of text formatted using each of the alignment settings.




Indent

Indents the cell contents from the left or right edge of the cell by one character for each indent value.  Indent is only applicable when the alignment is set to Left, Right, or Distributed. The indent value is ignored for all other alignment settings. See H. Align for example text formatted using the indent setting.


Case (data options)

Change the case for the field's DATA.

lower - change all letters to lower case
Title - Capitalize The First Letter Of Each Word
UPPER - CHANGE ALL LETTERS TO UPPER CASE
Sentence - Capitalize the first letter of each sentence.
Default - leave the case as is

Format

See Number Format

See also

Number Format