Use the Common tab to set properties like suppress, horizontal alignment, and keep object together, for a desired field.
Select this check box if you want to suppress the selected field. The field values won't appear on the Preview tab, nor will they print.
This list contains the horizontal alignment types available for the field (for example, left, center, and right).
Select this check box if you want to keep all the objects from a given section together on the same page. If there is enough room to keep them on the current page, the program will print them on the current page. If there is not enough room, the program will print them on the next page.
Note: If you have objects that are larger than a page, this property will not work.
If an object has a border and the object is split over two pages, you have two options: put a border around each part of the split object, or display each part of the object with a partial border. Select this check box to display a full border.
This check box is useful for objects that contain variable length strings, such as memo fields.
By default, the Can Grow option is off.
If you have selected the Can Grow check box, you can use this box to specify the maximum number of lines by which the program can expand an object frame. Simply enter the desired number of lines into this box or enter a 0 (zero) if you do not want to set a limit.
You can add Tool Tip text for the selected field by clicking the Format Formula Editor button and entering text within quotation marks. Tool Tip text appears when you leave your mouse pointer over a field for a few seconds.
Note: Show Tool Tips in Preview must be selected on the Options dialog box in order for Tool Tips to appear on the Preview tab.
This list contains the rotation options available for the selected field. Use the Text Rotation options to vertically align the fields and text
Select this check box if you don't want the program to print field values that are duplicated when it prints the report.
Select this check box if you want the program to avoid printing blank fields that is, fields for which the database returns no information. This option prevents blank lines from appearing in your report when some fields are empty.
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