Specify the font for a report

You can specify the font for text in a report.

Procedure

  1. Click the object.
    Tip: To specify the default font for the report, click the page.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • From the report object toolbar, click the Font icon the font icon and then specify the font properties.
    • In the Properties pane, double-click the Font property and specify the font properties.

      To specify the color of the text, from the report object toolbar, click the Font icon the font icon, and then click Foreground color. Alternatively, you can specify the color of the text by clicking the Foreground color property for the object.

      Tip: Type a list of fonts in the Family box if you are not sure whether a specific font is installed on a user's computer. For example, if you type Times New Roman, Arial, monospace, IBM® Cognos® Analytics - Reporting checks to see if Times New Roman is installed. If it is not, Reporting checks for Arial. If Arial is not installed, the monospace font used by the computer is used.

Results

If you clicked (Default) for any of the font properties, the default value for the property is used. Default values are stored in a style sheet that is used across all IBM Cognos Analytics tools. You can modify default values by modifying classes.