/text/shared/explorer/database/rep_prop.xhp Properties The Properties window of the Report Builder always shows the properties of the currently selected object in the Report Builder view. Press Shift-F1 and point with the mouse at an input box to see a help text for this input box. On first start of the Report Builder, the Properties window shows the Data tab page for the whole report. Select a table from the Contents list, then press Tab or click outside the input box to leave the input box. The Add Field window is shown automatically when you have selected a table in the Contents box and leave that box. You can also click the Add Field icon on the toolbar, or choose View - Add Field. The General tab page can be used to change the name of the report, and to disable the Page Header or Page Footer areas, among others. To display the Data or General tab page for the whole report, choose Edit - Select Report.Group keep together Groups are kept together by page or by column (default). You must enable Keep Together also.Page header Specifies in which context the page header will be printed: on all pages, or not on pages with a report header or footer.Page footer Specifies in which context the page footer will be printed: on all pages, or not on pages with a report header or footerPrint repeated values Specifies to print repeated values. If you click the Page Header or Page Footer area without selecting any object, you see the General tab page for that area. You can edit some visual properties for the area.screen only or also in report?Background color Sets the background color for the selected object, both on screen and for printing.Visible An invisible object is not shown in the executed report. It is still visible in the Report Builder view.Height Defines the height of the selected object.Conditional Print Expression If the Conditional Print Expression evaluates to TRUE, the selected object will be printed.id="par_id2386852" l10n="NEW"Conditions use the following form:Background transparent Specifies whether the background of the selected object is transparent or opaque.just guessing If you click the Detail area without selecting any object, you see the General tab page for that area. You can specify some properties to fine-tune the way the records are printed.Force New Page Force New Page specifies whether the current section and/or the next section is printed on a new page.New Row Or Column New Row Or Column specifies, for a multi-column design, whether the current section and/or the next section will be printed on a new row or column.Keep together Keep Together specifies to print the current object starting on top of a new page if it doesn't fit on the current page. Insert some data fields into the Detail area, or insert other control fields into any area. When you select an inserted field, you can set the properties in the Properties window. For a Label field, you can change the displayed text in the Label input box. For a picture, you can specify to either insert the picture as a link to a file or only as an embedded object in the Base file. The embedded option increases the size of the Base file, while the link option is not as portable to other computers.Position x Set the X Position for the selected objectx in pixel or twips? or current measurement units? from origin as on ruler? from elsewhere?Position y Set the Y Position for the selected objectWidth Sets the width of the selected object.Font Select the font for the selected text object.Print when group change Print when group changeVert. Alignment Vert. Alignment On the General tab page of a data field, you can set the Formatting properties, among others. On the Data tab page, you can change the data contents to be shown.