Toolbars

Designer mode bar

The Mode toolbar is integrated with the Object toolbar at the left hand edge of the designer window and has these buttons:

Icon	Name	Description
	Object selection	standard mode of operation : mouse cursor selects object(s), modifies their sizes, etc.
	Hand	allows dragging of whole report page
	Zoom	allows left-clicking to zoom in (adds 25% if already 25-75%, else adds 100%) or right-clicking to zoom out (subtracts 25% if already 50-100%, else subtracts 100%); holding left mouse button while dragging zooms in to selected area
	Text editor	allows in-place editing of “Text” object; holding left mouse button and moving the cursor creates and sizes a new “Text” object and opens its editor
	Format copying	allows format copying from one "Text" object to others: select a “Text” object, click Format mode button, select target "Text" objects in turn; exit format copying mode by clicking any other mode button

Standard toolbar

Icon	Name	Description
	New Report	creates new blank report
	Open Report	opens existing report from file, hotkey combination – “Ctrl+O”
	Save Report	saves report to file, hotkey combination – “Ctrl+S”
	Preview	previews report, hotkey combination – “Ctrl+P”
	New Report Page	adds new page to report
	New Dialog Page	adds new dialogue form to report
	Delete Page	deletes current page
	Page Settings	opens page properties dialogue
	Cut	cuts selected object(s) onto clipboard, hotkey combination – “Ctrl+X”
	Copy	copies selected object(s) onto clipboard, hotkey combination – “Ctrl+C”
	Paste	pastes object(s) from clipboard, hotkey combination – “Ctrl+V”
	Undo	undo last operation, hotkey combination – “Ctrl+Z”
	Redo	redo last cancelled (undone) operation, hotkey combination – “Ctrl+Y”
	Group	groups selected objects
	Ungroup	ungroups selected objects
	Zoom	sets zoom factor

Text toolbar

Icon	Name	Description
No style	Style	shows style of selected "Text" object; select from drop-down list to change style of selected object; define styles in “Report | Styles” menu
Arial	Font Name	shows font of selected “Text” object; select from drop-down list to change font of selected object; shows last five fonts used at head of list
10	Font Size	shows font size of selected “Text” object; select from drop-down list to change font size of selected object; can also type digits directly into edit box
	Bold (toggle)	toggles font Bold style of “Text” object's content on/off
	Italic (toggle)	toggles font Italic style of “Text” object's content on/off
	Underline (toggle)	toggles font Underline style of “Text” object's content on/off
	Font Settings	opens Font settings dialogue
	Font Color	drops down font color selector
	Highlight	opens highlight dialogue; can set a condition for highlighting
	Text Rotation	changes text rotation from drop-down list
	Align Left	left aligns text within “Text” object's frame
	Align Center	centre aligns text within “Text” object's frame
	Align Right	right aligns text within “Text” object's frame
	Justify	justifies text within “Text” object's frame
	Align Top	top aligns (vertical) text within “Text” object's frame
	Align Middle	middle aligns (vertical) text within “Text” object's frame
	Align Bottom	bottom aligns (vertical) text within “Text” object's frame

Frame toolbar

Icon	Name	Description
	Top Line (toggle)	toggles top frame line on/off
	Bottom Line (toggle)	toggles bottom frame line on/off
	Left Line (toggle)	toggles left frame line on/off
	Right Line (toggle)	toggles right frame line on/off
	All Frame Lines	sets all four frame lines on
	No Frame	sets all four frame lines off
	Frame editor	invokes the frame editor dialogue
	Background Color	sets background color from the drop-down list.
	Fill editor	invokes the fill editor dialogue
	Frame Color	drops down frame line color selector
	Frame Style	drops down frame line style selector
1	Frame Width	sets frame line width from drop-down list; can also type digits (0.1 to 10) directly into edit box

Align toolbar

Note that some buttons will be active when more than one object is selected.

Icon	Description
	show Grid (toggles on/off)
	align to Grid (toggles on/off)
	fit to Grid
	align left edges (to first selected object)
	align horizontal centres (to first selected object)
	align right edges (to first selected object)
	align top edges (to first selected object)
	align vertical centres (to first selected object)
	align bottom edges (to first selected object)
	space equally in horizontal direction
	space equally in vertical direction
	individually centre each object horizontally in band
	individually centre each object vertically in band
	set equal widths (same as first selected object)
	set equal heights (same as first selected object)