Sage 200 Report Designer - How to activate Auto Grow and Word Wrap

Summary

This article explains how to activate the Auto Grow and Word Wrap features on a variable.

Description

Sage Report Designer can be set to automatically wrap a variable that contains more information than can fit on one line, or to automatically expand a variable to fit the information it contains.

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These are the basic steps that explain how to activate Auto Grow and Word Wrap on a variable. They include:

NOTE:  Quick steps provide the minimum amount of information you need. For further information, please refer to the Detailed steps tab.

To activate Auto Grow on a variable
  • Report Designer > select the required variable > Properties pane > Auto Grow > choose True.

NOTE: Selecting Auto Grow alone expands the text along the current line. If you want to wrap the text to the next line, you should also select Word Wrap. For information about Word Wrap, please refer to the following section.


To activate Word Wrap on a variable
  • Report Designer > select the required variable > Properties pane > Word Wrap > choose True.

NOTE: If your variable is the height of a single line of text, to allow the variable height to expand to fit your text you should also select the Auto Grow feature. For information about enabling Auto Grow, please refer to the previous section.


To save the changes to your document
  1. Report menu > Report Properties > enter a new name and description for the document > OK.

    Report Designer v1.3 and below - Report Explorer pane > select the document name > Properties pane > Name > enter a new name for the document > Enter.

    TIP: You can check your Report Designer version in Help > About > Application > File Version.

  2. File > Save As > File name > enter a new name for the document > Save in > browse to the required location for your document > Save.
  3. File > Exit.

The following detailed steps contain everything you need to help you activate Auto Grow and Word Wrap on a variable.

NOTE: If any of the panes mentioned in this section are not visible, open the View menu and select the required pane. If the pane doesn't appear, you can reset the Report Designer view to its default. For further information about this, please refer to the following article.

This article assumes that you have located the report or layout that you want to amend and opened it in Sage Report Designer. If you need further help with this, please refer to the following article.

To activate Auto Grow on a variable
  1. Within Report Designer, select the variable you want to set to auto grow.

  2. From the Properties pane, select Auto Grow then from the drop-down list choose True.

    TIP: If you have chosen to auto-hide any of your Report Designer panes, the name appears in a tab to the left or right of your window. To expand a pane, click its name.


    NOTE:  Selecting Auto Grow alone expands the text along the current line. If you want to wrap the text to the next line, you should also select Word Wrap. For information about Word Wrap, please refer to the following section.

You have now activated Auto Grow on the selected variable and should make any further changes you require to the document and then save your changes. For further information about how to save the amended document, please refer to the section To save the changes to your document later in this article.

To activate Word Wrap on a variable
  1. Within Report Designer, select the variable you want to wrap.

  2. From the Properties pane, select Word Wrap, then from the drop-down list choose True.

    TIP: If you have chosen to auto-hide any of your Report Designer panes, the name appears in a tab to the left or right of your window. To expand a pane, click its name.

    NOTE: If your variable is the height of a single line of text, to allow the variable height to expand to fit your text you should also select the Auto Grow feature. For information about enabling Auto Grow, please refer to the previous section.

You have now activated Word Wrap on the selected variable and should make any further changes you require to the document and then save your changes. For further information about how to save the amended document, please refer to the following section.

To save the changes to your document
  1. To save your changes, you must change the name and description of your document. To do this, open the Report menu, choose Report Properties, enter a new name and description for the document then click OK.

    Report Designer v1.3 and below - To save your changes, you must change the name of your document. To do this, from the Report Explorer pane, select the document name. From the Properties pane, in the Name box, enter your preferred description for the document then press Enter.

    TIP: You can check your Report Designer version in Help > About > Application > File Version.

  2. To save the changes, open the File menu and choose Save As. From the Save As window, in the File name box, enter a file name for your amended document. If required, browse to the required location for your document then click Save. For further information about where to save your document, please refer to the following article.

  3. To close Sage Report Designer, open the File menu and choose Exit.

You have now saved your amended document.

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