Using a table to control where objects appear

You can use tables in your report to control where objects appear. Tables can be inserted anywhere in a report, such as a header, a footer, or the page body. After you create a table, insert the objects you want in the cells.

You can also apply a predefined table style to tables.

The alignment buttons can also be used to determine where objects appear in a report.

Tip: The Singletons on Page Body sample report in the GO Sales (analysis) package includes a table to control the report layout.

Procedure

Click the Toolbox icon , drag Table to the report.

Tip: You can also insert a table in an object from the report object toolbar by clicking the Insert table icon.

The Insert table dialog box appears.
In the Number of columns and Number of rows boxes, type the number of columns and rows for the table.
If you want to have the table span the width of the report page, select the Maximize width check box.
If you want to add borders to the table, select the Show borders check box.
If you want to merge cells in the table, select the cells and click the merge cells button.
Select the table object.
In the Properties pane, under Positioning, double-click the Table Properties property.
To display both the inside and outside borders, do the following:
- Clear the Collapse borders check box.
- Type a number in the Cell spacing text box to define how much space to add between the table cells.
- Select the Show empty cell borders check box to display the borders even for empty cells.
To fix the size of the columns in the table, check the Fixed size check box.

When this check box is cleared, the table columns expand to fit the text.