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Formatting document sections
You can format each document section individually. Your formatting choices include:
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Whether to hide or display document sections. For examples and instructions, see Hiding or displaying sections for a finished document.
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Defining the background color of each document section. Depending on what you want to format, different interfaces are more useful, as described below:
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To quickly select a single background color, use the right-click options.
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To use a single color or gradient colors for the background, use either the Property List or the Format Objects dialog box. Gradients blend two colors to create a gradual color change in the background of the section. For instructions, see Formatting sections using the Property List and Selecting the background colors of sections. The Property List is quicker to use than the Format Objects dialog box, as it is displayed on the same screen as the Layout area. It also contains more than just formatting properties.
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Displaying the detail sections horizontally across the page. Detail sections include the Detail Header, Detail Footer, and Detail. You can display all three sections horizontally or just the Detail section horizontally. For examples and instructions, see Displaying sections horizontally.
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Changing the size of document sections. You can define a document section as a set size that does not vary, or as a variable size that grows or shrinks within set limits. For examples and instructions, see Changing the size of sections in documents.
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Specifying whether the entire contents of a document section are repeated on the next horizontal page when a section spans multiple pages. This is generally used with Grid/Graphs, particularly those with uncertain widths, so that the Grid/Graph is labeled on every page that it stretches to. For examples and instructions, see Repeating information horizontally.
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Specifying how page breaks within document sections are handled. If a document section begins in the middle of a page and spans multiple pages, the remainder of the section can be printed on the same page, or the section can start on the next page. This can help keep column labels with the data they identify. For examples and instructions, see Keeping the contents of a section together.
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Specifying how row heights are determined when the document is exported to Excel. You can choose to have all the rows be the same height or to allow Excel to automatically adjust the row height to fit the data. For instructions and an example, see Allowing Excel to automatically change row height.
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Using the control defaults to format document sections. You can format a document section, set it as the control default for sections, and apply the control default to any existing section. The control default is automatically applied to new group sections, but not when you insert additional sections. For more information on using control defaults for document sections, see Control defaults for document sections.