Template styles
A Microsoft™ Word report is based on a number of special styles. You can modify each of the styles to change features such as fonts, paragraph spacing, and indentation. This gives you finer control over the styles than can be achieved with the normal report definition.
Styles are arranged in a hierarchy in iBase reports to allow you to make changes at the highest level possible so that changes are reflected in all lower levels. For example, the default font that is specified in the report definition is used to set the font for the Normal style. All other styles are based on Normal so that you can change the font for Normal and that change will be reflected throughout the report. Changes can be made to all entity data or to all linked data, however you can also change the format of any individual component of the report.
iBase paragraph styles
iBase creates the following styles:
Style | Description |
|---|---|
Normal | Setting the default font for the report, changing this style affects all the iBase styles in the report. |
iBase Report Header | All header text |
iBase Report Footer | All footer text |
iBase Report Title | The title from the report definition |
iBase Entity Record Label | Record labels, if included |
iBase Entity Field Label Regular | Regular default field labels |
iBase Entity Field Label Highlight | Highlighted field labels |
iBase Entity Field Data Regular | Default field data |
iBase Entity Field Data Highlight | Highlighted field data |
iBase Link N Title | Title for link N |
iBase Link N Field Label Regular | Default link field label for link N |
iBase Link N Field Label Highlight | Highlighted link field label for link N |
iBase Link N Data Regular | Default link field data for link N |
iBase Link N Data Highlight | Highlighted link field data for link N |
Where N replaces the number of the link. For example, the style for the title of the first link section is iBase Link 1 Title, for the second link that is specified, the title style is iBase Link 2 Title.
Special styles for link data
There are some other special styles that are not used directly but allow you to control the styles for link data at a level above the individual numbered styles. If for instance, you want to change the style of all the linked entity field labels, you can change the style iBase Link Field Label Regular, and the change will be applied to all of the iBase Link N Field Label Regular styles.
The special styles are:
Style | Description |
|---|---|
iBase Link Field Label Regular | Default link field label for all links |
iBase Link Field Label Highlight | Highlighted link field label for all links |
iBase Link Field Data Regular | Default link field data for all links |
iBase Link Field Data Highlight | Highlighted link field data for all links |
Microsoft Word document properties
In some places in your report, you may want to use Microsoft Word Fields to include information about the report; the following information is included in the document properties automatically:
Property | Description |
|---|---|
Title | The Report Title. |
Subject | The Main Entity Type in the report. |
Author | Your iBase login name. |
Comments | Generated by iBase on dd mm YYYY using report definition 'name'. |
Select the whole report and update fields in Microsoft Word to make sure that the information is up-to-date (press Ctrl and A, and then press the F9 key).