Lesson 1: InfoMaker Basics Tutorial  Lesson 1: InfoMaker Basics Tutorial

Use pop-up menus

Note

Now you take a look at pop-up menus and the Properties view.

  1. Move the pointer to the words Expenses for.

    Click the right mouse button.

    The pop-up menu for a piece of text (also called a text control) displays. Whenever you position the pointer on something that has a pop-up menu and click the right mouse button, the appropriate menu items display.

    Shown is a pop up menu superimposed on the text "Expenses for." The menu has options for Cut, Copy, Delete, Duplicate, Bring to Front, Send to Back, and Properties.

  2. If the Properties view is not currently displayed, select Properties from the pop-up menu.

    Look at the contents of the Properties view.

    The Properties view displays the properties of the Expenses for text control because the text control is currently selected. For a text control, the Properties view has five tabs, which identify five pages of information. The General page is on top.

    Shown is the General tab page of the Properties view with a Name field with the entry year _ t, a blank Tag field, an unchecked Hide Snaked check box, and a checked Visible check box. Next is a Border drop down with No Border ( 0 ) selected, an Alignment dorp down set to Right ( 1 ), and a Text box displaying the text "Expenses for".

    NoteAbout the Properties view The Properties view displays a collection of information about a control or the report object itself. You use the Properties view to find out and set properties.

    For example, a text control has properties such as font, font size, location, border, and so on. You can see the current settings for these properties in the control’s Properties view. You can also change them there.

  3. Position the pointer on the word description and click.

    The Properties view now displays information for the data column (Column control) called description. The property pages and options are different from those for the text control.

    Shown is the Properties view with information for the data column called description. At top left are a header 1 band showing header group year and a header two band showing the header group description, which is circled. At right is the General tab of the Properties view showing the properties for the description column.

  4. Click the word Font on the Font tab.

    The Font page comes to the front of the Properties view.

    Shown is the Properties view with information for the data column called description. At top left are a header 1 band showing header group year and a header two band showing the header group description. At right is the Font tab of the Properties view showing the font properties for the description column, such as Face name and Size.

  5. Select the font size 14 from the drop-down list in the Size box.

    The font size of the text control changes to 14 in the Properties view, the Design view, and the Preview view.

    Shown is the Properties view with information for the data column called description. At top left are a header 1 band showing header group year and a header two band showing the header group description circled and in font size 14. At right is the Font tab of the Properties view with the size set to 14. At bottom left is a preview of the description with the word Administration circled and shown in size 14 type.

  6. Select the font size 10 from the drop-down list in the Size box.

    The font size of the text control changes back to 10.




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