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4. View
This chapter describes a variety of functions in View menu. You can set various
functions in the menu.

4.1. Page Shape

View > Page Shape can be used to select the yes or no of displaying Page Shape in
report window. It is decided that page shape should be displayed by default. If it is set
not to view page shape, the inside of report window will be displayed in white instead of
page shape and background in gray.

4.2. TextFrame Virtual Line

View > TextFrame Virtual Line can be used to select the yes or no of displaying
Virtual Line of Text Frame. Unlike a table, Text Frame has a line wit thickness of 0
basically. However, the edge of Text Frame should be displayed with virtual line to
show area of Text Frame. It is useful in case you dont want not to display Text Frame
line or table line with 0 thickness.

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4.3. Repetition/Summary Section Line Color

View > Repetition/Summary Section Line Color can be used to select the yes or no
of displaying colors of attribute lines separately. An attribute line means a line to
divide each area, as it is not a general one consisting a table. The blue attribute line
clarifies Header section and Repetition section, Repetition section and Repetition
section, Repetition section and Summary Section, Summary section and Summary
section. The green attribute line is found in Repetition section defined matrix group
and also in CrossTab document. If you do not want to show the color of this attribute
line, you select View > Repetition/Summary Section Line Color.

4.4. View Control Line

If you View >Control Line, Control Line is shown in a report window.

4.4.1. Defining Control Line

Control line means a base line drawn for aligning objects and adjusting their widths
easily as its colors are two, red and blue.
A red control line over all pages is used for adjusting locations and sizes of objects in
different pages at a time, while a blue control line only on the current page is used for
adjusting them in the same page at a time.
If you click T box located in the left of a ruler on top of a page as shown below, you can
select one of two control lines.

To make a Control Line, click the left button of a mouse on the special spot of a ruler
where you want to put the control line, after selecting a red or blue. As for red control
line or blue control line, four or less lines can be created separately.

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4.4.2. Relocating by using Control Line

After dragging objects to be adjusted toward Control Line, put them on Control Line
as shown below.

And, if you click the left button of a mouse on the Control Line to be relocated, the
. At this moment, if you move Control Line to a
mouse cursor will be changed like
desired location, all the objects on the Control Line are moved together.

It should be kept in mind that a selected object is put on Control Line for
adjustment.

4.4.3. Resizing by using Control Line

In order to resize objects at a time, you should put both ends of objects on Control
Lines as shown below.

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And, if you move locations of Control Lines after putting both ends of objects on them,
the sizes of objects are changed as much as movements of Control Lines.

4.4.4. Deleting Control Line

To delete the added Control Lines, select T in the area of a ruler with a mouse and
drag it, and then move it outside the area of a ruler.

4.5. Frame Fix Line

If you select Properties > Align > Use Frame Fix Line, View > Frame Fix Line can
be used to select the yes or no of displaying Frame Fix Line.

See Chapter 8.19 Use Frame Fix Line for more details.

4.6. Label Virtual Line

If you select Properties > Align > Label Virtual Line, View > Label Virtual Line can
be used to select the yes or no of displaying Label Virtual Line.

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See Chapter 8.20 Label Virtual Line for more details.

4.7. Full Screen

View > Full Screen can be used to display a screen of Report Designer Editor as its
full screen. You press <ESC> key or
button, to restore it to its original size, while
operating in full screen.

4.8. Zoom In/Zoom Out

Based on the default value of 100%, the enlargement/shrink of a document can be
performed through the selection of View > Zoom in/ Zoom out or Standard Toolbar >
). Zoom Ratio button from the Standard Toolbar enlarges or
Zoom Ratio(
shrinks a document in the ratio of 50%.
When you select View > Zoom in/Zoom out, Zoom in/Zoom out dialog box appears
as shown below.

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Fit to Page Size

You can take a look at the contents in a page because of setting the rates of width and
length in a page suitable for the current window size.

Fit to Page Width

It adjusts a page rate to the right and left margin of a document.

User Defined

It sets a zoom rate(25 ~ 400%) inputted by a user.

As you rotate a mouse wheel, with <Ctrl> key held, you can adjust a Zoom
In/Zoom Out rate.

4.9. Grid
If you select View > Grid > Show Grid, grids appear on Report Designer Editor.
The default of Grid is 5mm. You select View > Grid > Set Grid to change a value. And,
the change can be performed through Set Grid dialog box as shown below.

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Grid Width can be set from 1 to 840 mm. If you select Stick to Grid, you can edit
objects easily because they are drawn or dragged by a mouse, according to a grid.

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