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When a report page is finished (and maybe also while you are building it) you will probably wish to preview the page to see what it looks like and see what effect your changes are having on the layout. There are several options available:
- You can preview the entire report, opening at the first page. To do this, in the Report toolbox, right-click on the report item and select Preview Report. If the report has multiple pages you can then move through the pages by clicking on the page buttons in the report's menu.
- You can preview the report, opening at a specific page (perhaps the page you have just been working on). To do this, in the Report toolbox, right-click on the report page and select Preview Page. Again, if the report has multiple pages you can move through them by clicking on the page buttons in the report's menu.
- When the appropriate page is open in the Page Editor, click the Preview button in the Editor toolbar. This procedure is described below.
- In the Report toolbox, double-click on the page name to open the Page Editor.
- Click the Preview button in the toolbar and choose the desired resolution (640 x 480 is usually fine) .
Figure 1 - Selecting the preview resolution
The figure here shows an example of how the preview window could look for the table and chart of the First page of your report.
Figure 2 - Report Preview
Compare this report page to the one here. Some of the elements have changed places and some were not used in the example here. But, the method used to build the pages is the same. You can edit the look and feel of the pages to fit your specific needs.
At this point you could add additional report pages to this report. And remember that there is an almost endless list of enhancements we could make to the report.