Label Properties

Click here to see the Label Properties window

This window opens when you first place a label element on the report. You can re-open it later by selecting a label element then clicking the menu mouse button on it. Select Edit Properties from the pop-up menu. The window will display the properties of the label that you clicked on.

Type the text that you wish to appear in the label into the box at the top of the window.

Font - Select this button to choose the font for the label using the standard Font window. If you do not choose a font here, the default will be used. This is set in the Report Page Setup window.

Colour - Select this button to choose the background colour of the label using the standard Color window. You can change the colour of the text using the Font window, which is opened by selecting the Font button.

Alignment - Select an option from the drop-down list to indicate how the label should be aligned:

• Left
• Right
• Centered

 

If the element is in the Page header or Page footer band, it will be aligned within its band. If the element is in the Column header or Details band, it will be aligned within its frame.

Rotation - Enter the number of degrees by which you wish to rotate the label into the spin-edit box. Leave the number of degrees at 0 if you do not wish to rotate it.

Autosize width - Tick the box to set the width of the element to exactly fit the width of the text. This is useful if the text wraps on to more than one line.

Transparent - Tick the box to make the background of the element transparent, so that any text or graphics behind it will show through.