Toolbar

• Sep 28, 2018
• 3 minutes to read

The Toolbar allows you to easily perform various report commands, which are divided into the following sections:

• Report Commands
• Edit Commands
• Font Commands
• Allignment Commands
• Layout Commands
• Arrange Commands
• Editors Commands

Report Commands

Use these commands to save and load report layouts:

Icon	Command	Description
	New	Creates a new report using the Report Wizard. This button is available only in the Report Designer Classic View.
	Open	Invokes the Open dialog that allows users to select which report layout to open.
	Save	Saves the current report to the default file.
	Save as	Invokes the Save dialog that allows users to select a file to which the current report layout should save.

Edit Commands

Use the following commands to delete the selected report elements, place them to the clipboard, paste them onto report bands and cancel previous actions:

Icon	Command	Description
	Delete	Deletes the selected report elements.
	Cut	Cuts the selected report elements to the clipboard.
	Copy	Copies the selected report elements to the clipboard.
	Paste	Pastes the contents of the clipboard to the selected report band.
	Undo	Cancels the last change made.
	Redo	Reverses the results of the last undo action.

Font Commands

Use these commands to customize font, color, formatting and alignment settings of the selected elements:

Icon	Command(s)	Description
	Font Name	Specifies the font name.
	Font Size	Specifies the font size.
	Foreground Color	Specifies the foreground color.
	Background Color	Specifies the background color.
	Bold, Italic, Underline, Strikeout	Apply/remove bold formatting, italic formatting, underlining and strikethrough.
	Left, Center, Right, Justify	Specify the horizontal text alignment.
	Top, Center, Bottom	Specifies the vertical text alignment.

Alignment Commands

Use the following commands to align report elements to each other:

Icon	Command	Description
	Align to Grid	Align the selected control(s) to the snap grid.
	Align Lefts/Centers/Rigths	Specify the horizontal (Left, Center or Right) alignment for selected controls.
	Align Tops/Middles/Bottoms	Specify the vertical (Top, Middle or Bottom) alignment for selected controls.

Layout Commands

The following commands allow you to construct the layout of report elements:

Icon	Command	Description
	Size to Grid	Sizes selected control(s) to the snap grid.
	Make Same Width/Height/Size	Make the selected controls have the same size.
	Horizontal Spacing	Make equal/increase/decrease/remove the horizontal space between the selected controls.
	Vertical Spacing	Make equal/increase/decrease/remove the vertical space between the selected controls.
	Center	Horizontally or vertically center the selected controls within a band.

Arrange Commands

These commands allow users to change the order of stacked elements:

Icon	Command	Description
	Bring to Front	Brings the selected elements to the front of a group of stacked elements or moves the selected elements one step closer to the front.
	Send to Back	Sends the selected elements to the back of a group of stacked elements or moves the selected elements one step toward the back.

Editors Commands

Use the following commands to invoke the Watermark dialog, Page Setup dialog or Script Editor:

Icon	Command	Description
	Watermark	Invokes the Watermark dialog that allows users to add a text watermark to a report or turn a picture into a report’s background.
	Page Setup	Invokes the Page Setup dialog that allows users to modify the paper size, orientation, and margins.
	Scripts	Shows or hides the Script Editor that allows users to write code for specific event handlers.