Creating a Prompt Page

You can create a prompt page in your report.

Procedure

  1. Create a prompt page using the Build Prompt Page icon on the toolbar.
  2. In the title, complete the following steps.
    1. Double-click Double click to edit text and enter the title of the report.
    2. In the Properties Pane under the Miscellaneous category, set the Classes property to empty.
    3. Remove the title underline by clicking the Underline icon.
  3. In the footer, complete the following steps.
    1. Remove any buttons that you don’t think you will need by selecting the button and clicking the Delete icon.
    2. Click the footer and then the Center icon to center the buttons on the page.
    3. Click the remaining buttons and set the Background Color property to Silver in the Properties pane.
  4. Click the Toolbox tab Toolbox icon on the Insertable Objects pane.
  5. Drag a Table object into the body of the prompt page. Select two columns by however many rows you will need. Include a blank row after each prompt.
  6. When you have a blank row between controls, set the default cell height to 15 pt, and complete the following steps.
    1. Select the cell in the table that you want to set the height.
    2. In the Properties pane, under Positioning, select Size and Overflow.
    3. In the dialog box, set the Height to 15 pt.
    4. Click OK.