Setting Page Layout Options

When creating reports for different types of output, you may want to change the page layout, depending on the type of file that will be generated. For example, PowerPoint slides are typically landscape oriented, and a smaller size than PDF pages, which tend to be vertically oriented. You can set options such as page orientation, page size, and margins, separately for each output format, by selecting Output Settings from the quick access menu on the Format tab.

The settings specified in the Output Settings options are specific to each output format. If you change the output format of your report, then a separate set of page settings appears. This allows you to ensure that the report displays properly in all output formats, even when user output format selection is enabled.

The following page layout options are available for each output format:

• Page Size. You can set the size of the page on which the report displays to the following common standards:
  • A3. Sets the size of each page containing the report to 297 by 420 millimeters, or 11.7 by 16.5 inches.
  • A4. Sets the size of each page to 210 by 297 millimeters, or 8.25 by 11.7 inches.
  • A5. Sets the size of each page to 148 by 210 millimeters, or 5.8 by 8.25 inches.
  • Letter. The default. Sets the size of each page to 8.5 by 11 inches, or 216 by 279 millimeters.
  • Tabloid. Sets the size of each page to 11 by 17 inches, or 279 by 432 millimeters.
  • Legal. Sets the size of each page to 8.5 by 14 inches, or 216 by 356 millimeters.
  • PowerPoint Slide. Sets the size of each page to that of a standard PowerPoint slide, which is 7.5 by 10 inches, or 191 by 254 millimeters. This page size, like all other report page size settings, is portrait oriented by default. Change the page orientation of your report to Landscape to match the default page orientation used in Microsoft PowerPoint.
  • Large Size. Sets the size of each page to the ANSI E architectural paper size, which is 34 by 44 inches, or 864 by 1118 millimeters.
• Orientation. The direction in which the page is oriented. Select Portrait to align the longer sides of the page vertically, or Landscape to align them horizontally.
• Page Margins. The amount of blank space between the report and the top, bottom, and sides of the page. Page margins can be set on each side in increments of 0.001 inches. The report is aligned to the top left corner of the page by default, meaning that the right and bottom margins are only used if the report is wide or long enough to occupy more than one page.

  Note: When a page margin is set to 0, the default margin size of 0.25 inches is used.

To revert the page layout settings for the selected output format to the default, click Reset styling. The default page layout settings are letter page size, portrait orientation, and 0.25 inch margins.