Formatting a Heading, Footing, Title, or Label

You can use a variety of strategies for enhancing the context-building elements in a report, that is, the headings, footings, column and row titles, and labels you assign to row and column totals and to subtotals. These additions enhance the visual appeal of a report and communicate a sense of completeness, using font and color for emphasis and distinctions, and alignment to add structural clarity and facilitate comprehension.

You can:

• Apply font characteristics to column and row titles, to headings, footing, and elements in them, and to subtotals, grand totals, and subtotal calculations. For more information, see Applying Font Attributes to a Heading, Footing, Title, or Label.
• Add borders around headings and footings and grid lines around headings, footings, and column titles. For more information, see Laying Out the Report Page.

  You can also add space between heading or footing content and grid lines. For more information, see Controlling the Vertical Positioning of a Heading or Footing.

• Left-justify, right-justify, or center a heading, footing, or individual lines in a multi-line heading or footing, column titles, and subtotals. For more information, see Justifying a Heading, Footing, Title, or Label. See also Center a Page Heading or Footing Using Legacy Formatting and Justify a Column Title Using a StyleSheet.

  You can also justify a label for a row or column total. For more information, see Justifying a Label for a Row or Column Total.

• Align a heading or footing, or elements within a heading or footing, based on:
  • Data column position in the main HTML table or on column position in an embedded HTML table created for the heading or footing in the report. These alignment techniques are supported for HTML reports. For more information, see Aligning a Heading or Footing Element in an HTML Report.
  • Explicit width and justification specifications for multi-line headings and footings, including unit measurements (like inches) to enforce the alignment of decimal points in stacked numeric or alphanumeric data. These alignment techniques are supported for HTML and PDF reports. For more information, see Aligning Content in a Multi-Line Heading or Footing.
  • An absolute or relative starting position, defined by either a unit measurement (like inches) or a column position. These alignment techniques are supported for PDF reports, although some features are also supported for HTML when used with an internal cascading style sheet. For more information, see Positioning Headings, Footings, or Items Within Them.

  For assistance in determining which of these approaches best suits your needs, see Choosing an Alignment Method for Heading and Footing Elements.

• Control the vertical positioning of a heading or footing. For more information, see Controlling the Vertical Positioning of a Heading or Footing.
• Position a report or sort heading or footing on a separate page. See Placing a Report Heading or Footing on Its Own Page.