Selecting style options

Once you select the component you want to modify from the style editor, you can define options for the component’s font, margins, background colors, and borders.

You can access all the style options for the selected component from the win­dow that displays when you select a component and click Edit. However, you can also select common style options for the selected component using the but­tons on the explorer’s ribbon which provide shortcuts to many of the same options available on the window. In this procedure we will show you how to change options using the window.

To select style options:

1	Open the style editor window for the component you have selected. By default, the editor window will open on the Font tab if the selected component includes text. Refer to Choosing font attributes for information on the Font tab.

2	Click the Margins tab to define the amount of space surrounding the component when used in reports.

3	Enter the following field information.

Field	Description
Left	Select the number of pixels between the component and the left side of the report section it resides in.
Right	Select the number of pixels between the component and the right side of the report section it resides in.
Top	Select the number of pixels between the component and the top of the report section it resides in.
Bottom	Select the number of pixels between the component and the bot­tom of the report section it resides in.
Spacing	Select the number of pixels to change the spacing between the con­tents of the report section. Note: This option applies only when editing styles for report sec­tions, such as the report header.

4	Click the Fill tab to modify the background fill colors for the selected component.

5	Enter the following field information.

Field	Description
Color/Top Color/Left Color	Click this box to select a primary color as the background. The text description for this option will vary depending on the Gradient Mode you select. For procedures on selecting a color, refer to Choosing colors.
No Fill	Select this check box to clear any fill colors previously selected. If this check box is selected, the other options on the Fill tab will be disabled, except Color. Selecting a color will automatically clear the No Fill check box, thus enabling the other options.
Gradient Mode	Select the positioning of the primary and secondary colors for the background from the Gradient Mode drop-down menu. Using gra­dient coloring lets you merge two colors.
None	Select this option to use only the primary color as the fill color. If you select None, the Gradient Color field is disabled.
Top to Bottom	Select this option to merge the colors from the top of the back­ground to the bottom.
Left to Right	Select this option to merge the colors from the left of the back­ground to the right.
Gradient Color/Bottom Color/Right Color	Click this box to select a secondary color to merge with the pri­mary color. The fill colors will then merge using the method defined in the Gradient Mode menu. The text description for this option will vary depending on the Gradient Mode you select. For procedures on selecting a color, refer to Choosing colors.
Transparency (%)	Select a percentage to define how intense the fill colors are. A set­ting of 100% is completely transparent, which prevents the fill col­ors from displaying. A setting of 0% has no transparency, resulting in intense background colors. The selected percentage is immedi­ately reflected in the Preview field, so you can easily scroll through the transparency percentages to find a value that best suits your needs.
Preview	This area provides a sample of how the fill colors you select will appear on the report background.

6	Click the Borders tab to modify the borders of a component.

7	Enter the following field information.

Field	Description
Color	Click this box to select a color for the border. For procedures on selecting a color, refer to Choosing colors.
Style	Click this drop-down menu to select one of the following border styles: solid, dashed, dotted, inset, outset, double, groove, ridge, rounded, or separator. The separator option lets you add space around the component.
Weight	Click this drop-down menu to select the pixel size of the border. You can choose a number between 1 and 10 pixels.
Preview	This area defines the placement of the borders you define. Select any of the following buttons to place the borders, or click the area in the Preview white space where you want the border.
Top Border	Click this button to add the selected border attributes to the top border of the component.
Bottom Border	Click this button to add the selected border attributes to the bot­tom border of the component.
Left Border	Click this button to add the selected border attributes to the left border of the component.
Right Border	Click this button to add the selected border attributes to the right border of the component.
All Borders	Click this button to add the selected border attributes to all sides of the component.
No Borders	Click this button to remove the borders from all sides of the com­ponent.

8	Click the Preview button to preview the style with the changes you have made to fonts, margins, fill, and borders.

9	Click the OK button to save your changes to the selected component.

10	Select other components on the style editor and repeat steps 1 through 9 to edit the style options for the selected component.

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