Modifying RTF report properties

Chapter 4 Using the Report Editor

Modifying RTF report properties

The following properties are available in the RTF Format tab of the report property sheet. If you do not want any RTF presentation template when generating, select <None> in the Template list:

Property	Description
Template	List of available RTF presentation template file names in the RTF Report Templates folder. You can click the Open RTF Presentation Template File tool to view and modify the RTF presentation template file in your default RTF editor. You can also click the Select RTF Report PresentationTemplates Folder tool to browse for an RTF presentation template file in a folder of another version of PowerDesigner
Use sections header and footer	When selected, the RTF report uses the header and footer defined in each report section. If you want to preserve the header and footer of the title page and the one of the table of contents page, you should add a section break after the table of contents. When deselected, the RTF report uses the default header and footer defined in the RTF presentation template.

Property

Description

Template

List of available RTF presentation template file names in the RTF Report Templates folder. You can click the Open RTF Presentation Template File tool to view and modify the RTF presentation template file in your default RTF editor. You can also click the Select RTF Report PresentationTemplates Folder tool to browse for an RTF presentation template file in a folder of another version of PowerDesigner

Use sections header and footer

When selected, the RTF report uses the header and footer defined in each report section. If you want to preserve the header and footer of the title page and the one of the table of contents page, you should add a section break after the table of contents.

When deselected, the RTF report uses the default header and footer defined in the RTF presentation template.

Header and footer in RTF multi-model reports

It is recommended to select the Use sections header and footer check box for an RTF multi-model report, otherwise all the pages of the RTF report will have the same header and footer.

To modify RTF report properties:

Select Report→Report Properties from the Report Editor window, and click the RTF Format tab.

or

Select an RTF presentation template from the Presentation template list in the Presentation Options page of the Report Creation Wizard.

Select or clear the Use sections header and footer check box depending on whether you want to use the headers and footers defined in each section of the RTF report or the default header and footer defined in the RTF presentation template.

This option is not available from the Report Creation Wizard.

Click OK to close the property sheet.

When you generate the RTF report, it reflects the properties you have defined for the report.

Default buttons
You can set as default the current property values for your RTF report by clicking the Set As Default button.
You can also return to the previously saved values, by clicking the Default button.