The ribbon contains two types of arrow-based buttons.
The first type of button opens a menu when you click it. The Orientation
button is an example of this type of button. Clicking the Orientation
button opens a menu of options, as shown in the following image.
The second type of button is a split button. Clicking the left
side of the split button performs a default action. Clicking the
down arrow, on the right side of the button, opens a menu of options.
The Header & Footer button is an example of a split button.
It is shown in the following image.
Clicking the Header & Footer button on the left opens the
Header & Footer dialog box. Clicking the down arrow on the right
opens a menu of options.
Some options open dialog boxes of additional commands and option
lists.
The ribbon displays all controls and commands using different
sized icons and groups, depending on the size of the monitor and
application window.
In the following example, the Features group is fully expanded
and all its icons are visible.
When you reduce the size of the application window, some groups
are collapsed into single icons as determined by the amount of available
space.
The following image shows the Features group, from the Format
tab, collapsed into a single icon.
When a group is collapsed into a single icon, the individual
icons are removed from view, but are still available. Clicking a
collapsed group icon restores the group to its normal full size
and displays all of the individual icons.
When expanding a collapsed group, the ribbon collapses a neighboring
group to make enough room to expand the selected group.
When an icon, button, or option in a menu or dialog box appears
dimmed, that functionality is not available for that report as it
currently exists. Some functionality is available for reports only,
charts only, visualizations only, or documents only.
In some situations, selecting one or more options makes other
options incompatible with the previously selected ones. As a result,
the incompatible options are dimmed and unavailable for selection.
InfoAssist automatically makes incompatible options unavailable as
you create and modify a report.
Note: If you do not have access to a particular option,
contact your administrator.
