Table 5 lists some common additions or changes that alter the format of a report, and lists the appropriate form panel (or panels) you should normally use.
| To Add or Change: | Use the Form Panel: |
|---|---|
| Break text | |
| Default break text | MAIN, OPTIONS |
| Break text width | OPTIONS |
| Break heading text | BREAKn |
| Break footing text | MAIN, BREAKn |
| Break summary | BREAKn |
| Placement on page | BREAKn |
| Outlining | MAIN, OPTIONS |
| Calculations | CALC |
| Column | |
| Alignment | COLUMNS (Specify) |
| Definition | COLUMNS (Specify) |
| Heading | MAIN, COLUMNS |
| Usage | MAIN, COLUMNS |
| Indent | MAIN, COLUMNS |
| Width | MAIN, COLUMNS |
| Editing | MAIN, COLUMNS |
| Sequencing | MAIN, COLUMNS |
| Automatic ordering | OPTIONS |
| Headings repeated at breaks | BREAKn |
| Headings repeated at detail blocks | DETAIL |
| Conditional formatting | CONDITIONS |
| Detail block text | |
| Remove tabular information | DETAIL |
| Specify placement of tabular information | DETAIL |
| Include text with column values | DETAIL |
| Detail heading text | DETAIL |
| Final text | |
| Placement on page | FINAL |
| Width | OPTIONS |
| Final summary | FINAL |
| Fixed columns | OPTIONS |
| New page | |
| For breaks | MAIN, BREAKn |
| For detail block text | DETAIL |
| For final text | FINAL |
| Page heading and footing | MAIN, PAGE |
| Associate a panel variation with a condition | DETAIL |
| Separator lines | OPTIONS |
| Spacing between detail blocks | OPTIONS, DETAIL |