Formatting Components

Every component of a Web Intelligence document has formatting options. Within a Web Intelligence document, you can set individual formatting options on any of the following components:

• Document

• Report

• Report header/footer

• Page header/footer

• Block (table, crosstab, and chart)

• Block header/footer

• Table break

• Section header/footer

• Cell

Formatting a Cell

An individual cell is the lowest level of detail in a Web Intelligence report. A cell may exist in a block, such as a table or crosstab, or it may be free-standing, such as a report title. A cell may contain data values, a formula, a variable, or a constant.

By default, when you create a new report, Web Intelligence automatically puts data into a standard table. ...

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