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Viewing the results Chapter 5
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The toolbox can be moved anywhere on the screen. It can be switched on and off
using
View-Control Palette .
Opening a report
Select Tools-Report Designer to start the Report Designer application. Reports
can be saved and opened using the menu options File-Save and File-Open . The
default file extension is *. pag .
A report must be saved in the .. /pages directory if the report is to be listed in the
report tabs of a measurement file.
Creating a report
To add an item, click on its button in the Control Palette . When a button is
selected an area can be dragged on the report which will then contain the selected
item.
Once objects are placed on the report screen they can be manoeuvred by selecting
and dragging. They can also be reduced or expanded in size using the cursor and
tag boxes on the selected object.
The Report Designer has many size and alignment tools, available from the tool-
bar or using the Layout option on the menu.
The following functions operate on two or more selected objects. The last object
selected becomes the reference object.
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Align left
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Align right
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Align top
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Align bottom
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Make same width
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Make same height
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Make same size
The following two functions can be used when two or more objects are overlaid.
Using these functions, the selected object can be moved to the front or back of the
overlay:
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Send to front
„
Send to back
Objects can be selected individually by a left click on the mouse button, cumula-
tively by holding down the
Shift key while clicking the mouse button or in a group
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