Setting Up Data Entry Form Formatting and Display Type

To set up data entry appearance:

  1. Set up display type.

  2. Set up formatting.

After the setup is finished, go to the next step if required:

Setting Up Form Display Type

To display form display type, follow the steps:

  1. Set up zoom.

  2. Set up layout.

  3. Set up size of rows and columns.

  4. Set up displaying of working area elements.

To set up, use the View ribbon tab:

Change zoom

Freeze areas

Show or hide graphical interface elements

Fit rows or columns sizes

Show or hide panels

Setting Up Form Formatting

To set up form formatting, follow the steps:

  1. Set up text format.

  2. Set up fill and borders.

  3. Set up number format.

  4. Set up cell formatting.

To set up, use the Format ribbon tab:

To set up format of the specific form area, select the element in the Current Section group in the drop-down list. Available area types: corner, sidehead, heading, data, selected area, entire table, dimension, level, element, selected columns.

Depending on the selected cell or cell range, the box of the drop-down list in the Current Section group is filled.

Formatting application order is the following:

  1. Entire table. The lowest priority.

  2. Data.

  3. Dimension.

  4. Level.

  5. Element.

  6. Selected columns. The highest priority.

The formatting settings are applied after form refreshing.

Formatting Features of the Selected Columns Area

The Selected Columns area is available for table area heading cells.

Formatting is applied for columns, to which selected cells belong.

Formatting priority of the Selected Columns area is higher than for all other areas.

If heading has several cells, the formatting priority is higher for the lower row.

Set up text format

Set up fill and borders

Set up number format

Set up cell formatting

See also:

Building Data Entry Form | Working with Ready Data Entry Form