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The following table summarizes the elements of the Report Designer panel.

To bring the panel select Tools->Report Designer

This will bring up the Report Selection window. Next select New or Edit (edit existing reports), this will open the Report creator window.

Item   Description
Report Name  

Each Report has a name. That is how you tell Mesa which report you want to print or change. Report names should describe the report, e.g., Q1_Sales, Checking, Summary_Report.

 

Print Button  

After a report has been added, you can click on the print button to print the currently selected report. The Print Button is a tool that you can Apple-drag to the Toolbar or a Tool Holder in a window.

 

Ranges  

A range is a group of cells or a graph that you want to print. Mesa starts printing each range on a new page. A report can contain up to 32 ranges.

To print a graph, use the format:

g=graphname

 

Range Scaling Options  

The range scaling options Smart Width and Smart Scale change the size of the font used in printing the ranges. Smart Width will adjust the printed range so that it is only one page wide. Smart Scale will adjust the scale so that the entire range prints out on a single page.

 

Page View  

A report starts as a blank page. Ranges are printed within the page margins. In addition, you can place tags on the page. You should place tags outside the margins so that they are not printed over. Tags contain information that you want to appear on every page such as print date or time, file name, or some text that you enter.

 

View Scale  

A full-sized page is too big to be displayed in the Report Format panel. You can change the scale of the page (miniaturize it) so that you can see more of the page, or ªzoom inº and work on a specific part of the page.

 

Margins  

The margins are the borders on the page within which ranges are printed. You can adjust the margins by moving the mouse over a margin, clicking and dragging until the margin is sized to your satisfaction. If you hold the Apple key while you are dragging the margin, Mesa will adjust the corresponding margin to the same size.

 

Page Layout  

The Page Layout allows you to change page attributes. For example, you could print in landscape mode on legal paper by entering 14 for the paper width and 8.5 for the height and clicking ªSet.º

 

Tags  

Tags can be dragged and dropped onto your page and moved around. Tags contain information such as print time and date, file name, page number, etc. Tags are printed on every page. Be sure to place tags outside the margins so that they are not covered by the ranges.

 

Show Grid  

This option will print the worksheet grid for all ranges

 

Print Across  

This option will cause multiple-page ranges to print across before printing down.

 

Show Row/Col Headings

 

  This option will show the worksheet row and column headings for each range.
Ignore Page Breaks  

This option will cause any page breaks set within the worksheet to be ignored. Page breaks will still occur between ranges.

See also

 

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