Make perfect title area for report with reporting tool

Background

In designer, report is usually designed in a specific format. Title is in the top center. Other relevant informations such as date, unit are on the right or left. As shown below:

However, when the report is a cross report with horizontal expansion, the title “Product” and “Unit:$” are at wrong positions after expansion. As shown below:

Furthermore, if the report is too broad after expansion, it needs to be broken horizontally. Users often hope the title and other relevant informations can be displayed on each page. Some reporting tools require users to realize these functions by programming. It’s too difficult and tedious.

Solution

As a real Excel-like reporting tool, RAQ Report provides a perfect solution to this problem. With its non-linear report model, RAQ report only needs two steps to solve all these problems.

1. Select “Head Title” as the row properties of the title area.

2. Except for cells need to be aligned right or left, check Stretch as the Page Break property of other cells as show below:

Graphic Illustration

Then, the report will be neat and beautiful as shown below:

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