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Page Properties

You can use the Page Properties dialog box to specify the page properties of a report and its output. This topic describes the properties in the dialog box.

This topic contains the following sections:

You see these elements on both tabs:

OK

Select to apply any changes you made here and exit the dialog box.

Cancel

Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

Help

Select to view information about the dialog box.

General Tab Properties

Use this tab to specify the general properties of the page.

Page Properties dialog box - General tab

Page

Specify the page size properties.

  • Type
    Select the page type, or select Custom Size and then define the paper width and height by yourself.
  • Width
    Specify the width of the page, in inches.
    • Auto Fit
      Select to dynamically calculate the page width according to the content width.
  • Height
    Specify the height of the page, in inches.
    • Auto Fit
      Select to dynamically calculate the page height according to the content height.
  • Note icon After you select a page type and then select Auto Fit, Server changes the page type to Custom Size automatically.

Orientation

Specify the page orientation.

  • Portrait
    Select to display the page vertically.
  • Landscape
    Select to display the page horizontally.

Margin

Specify the distance of the report data to the top, bottom, left, and right edge of the page.

  • Top
    Specify the top margin of the page.
  • Bottom
    Specify the bottom margin of the page.
  • Left
    Specify the left margin of the page.
  • Right
    Specify the right margin of the page.

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Export Tab Properties

Use this tab to specify the page properties for the report output. Server also applies the page properties that you set for any export format when you advanced run and schedule to run the report in this format.

Page Properties dialog - Export tab

Export To

Select the export format to customize the page properties of its output.

Auto

Select if you want to apply the page properties that you define on the General tab of this dialog box to the output of the selected format. Clear if you want to customize the page properties for the selected format.

Page

Specify the page size for the output of the selected format.

  • Type
    Select the page type, or select Custom Size and then define the paper width and height by yourself.
  • Width
    Specify the width of the page, in inches.
    • Auto Fit
      Select to dynamically calculate the page width according to the content width. The default behavior for exporting a report is to enable content pagination (the property is cleared), which greatly improves the performance of the exporting process, especially for a huge report.
  • Height
    Specify the height of the page, in inches.
    • Auto Fit
      Select to dynamically calculate the page height according to the content height. The default behavior for exporting a report is to enable content pagination (the property is cleared), which greatly improves the performance of the exporting process, especially for a huge report.
  • Note icon After you select a page type and then select Auto Fit, Server changes the page type to Custom Size automatically.

Orientation

Select the page orientation for the output of the selected format: Portrait (vertically) or Landscape (horizontally).

Margin

Specify the distance of the report data to the top, bottom, left, and right edge of the page for the output of the selected format, in inches.

  • Top
    Specify the top margin of the page.
  • Bottom
    Specify the bottom margin of the page.
  • Left
    Specify the left margin of the page.
  • Right
    Specify the right margin of the page.

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