Specifying Page formatting options

You use the Page options to define the content and placement of the page heading and page footing on your report.

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Table 1. Page section elements for a classic report
Element	Description
Blank lines before heading	Specify the number of blank lines before the first page heading line. The range is between 0 and 999.
Blank lines after heading	Specify the number of blank lines after the last page heading line. The range is between 0 and 999.
Page heading text	You use the buttons above the Page heading text table to add, edit, or remove lines, and also change the lines order. Type each line of page heading text. Line: specify where to place the final text vertically. You do not have to start with line 1 and you do not have to specify consecutive line numbers. Alignment: specify where to place the text horizontally on the line. Valid alignment values are LEFT, RIGHT, CENTER, APPEND, or the number of a specific position in the line. If you specify APPEND, the text is placed immediately following the previous line of text. Text: type the final text that appears in the page heading on the report. You can use form variables, global variables and HTML variables in this field.
Blank lines before footing	Specify the number of blank lines before the first page footing line. The range is between 0 and 999.
Blank lines after footing	Specify the number of blank lines after the last page footing line. The range is between 0 and 999.
Page footing text	You use the buttons above the Page footing text table to add, edit, or remove lines, and also change the lines order. Specify each line of text printed in the page footing at the bottom of the page: Line: specify where to place the final text vertically. You do not have to start with line 1 and you do not have to specify consecutive line numbers. Alignment: specify where to place the text horizontally on the line. Valid alignment values are LEFT, RIGHT, CENTER, APPEND, or the number of a specific position in the line. If you specify APPEND, the text is placed immediately following the previous line of text. Text: type the page footing text that appears at the bottom of the report.