Setting Up Pixel-Perfect Report: Regular report, web application

Quick Setup

To determine page settings in the quick mode for report's active sheet, use:

Buttons on the View toolbar tab.

The Page Layout group of main menu items.

Available settings:

Show Borders. Click the Show Borders button or select the Show Borders item to show borders of the pages to be printed and/or exported, as a dashed line on a report's active sheet. Page borders are set depending on the orientation, margin width, page size, and breaks.

Margins. Click the Margins button or select the Margins item in the drop-down menu to resize margins:

Normal Margins. Default value.
Wide Margins.
Narrow Margins.

Orientation. Click the Orientation button or select the Orientation item in the drop-down menu to change page orientation:

Portrait. Default value.
Landscape.

Size. Click the Size button or select the Size item in the drop-down menu to resize page. The list contains predefined paper size options, for example, A4, A5, and so on. The A4 size is set by default.

Breaks. Select the cell that will be the top left cell of a new page border and select the Add Break item in the drop-down menu of the Breaks button to show specific sheet data on one page. After executing the operations, page breaks are displayed as a solid line, and page borders are automatically enabled.

For details about setting up page borders and breaks see the Setting Up Page Breaks and Borders section.

Advanced Setup

To execute advanced setup of page settings of an active report sheet, open the Page Settings parameters panel:

To open the Page Settings parameters:

Select the Page Settings item in the Page Layout group of commands in the main menu.
Click the Page Settings button at the top right corner in the report's preview mode.

Open using main menu item Open in the preview mode

To set up print options, use the parameter groups:

Page. It is used to set determine general page settings.
Print. It is used to set up print options.

To set up print options, use the parameter groups:

Header/Footer. The groups are used to set up header and footer.
Title. It is used to set up report title.
Page. It is used to set determine general page settings.
Margins. It is used to set up page margins.
Print. It is used to set up print options.

Preview

Before printing a report, preview it and make sure that a report meets requirements. Preview features:

NOTE. As a rule, the CTRL+P hotkey combination is reserved in the browser for printing the current page. To use this hotkey combination for report printing, redefine its purpose in browser settings.

Printing Report

To print a report in the preview mode:

Select the required tab with sheet name to print a single report sheet. To print the entire report, go to the Report tab.

Select the Print main menu item. The dialog box for setting up print options opens. Working with the dialog box depends on the browser in use.