Report Format window



Font & Style section

Report Line

The Font & Style section of the window contains the field named Report Line. Use this field to select one of the sections of a report that you wish to format. Your choices are: Company, Address, Report, Headers, Subtitles, Body, Subtotals and Totals; they correspond to the sections of each MYOB AccountEdge report. For more information about each report section, see Descriptions of Report Lines, below. If a section doesn't apply to a particular report, the section won't be included in the list.

When you select a report section in the Report Line field, the corresponding report section is highlighted in the sample report on the right side of the window. As you make selections in the remaining fields in the Font & Style section, you'll see the highlighted report section change to reflect your choices.

Font

Choose the font you wish to apply to the section you selected in the Report Line field, or accept the default font, which was automatically selected by MYOB AccountEdge from the current supply of printer fonts on your computer. The default font will usually produce the highest-quality report when printed on your printer.

If the font you choose wasn't provided with your computer system (in other words, if the font isn't a "system font"), the characters that appear on screen reports will look as similar to the font as possible, but may not exactly match the font as it's printed on paper.

Size

Choose the font size you wish to apply to the section you selected in the Report Line field.

Color button

Click this button to open the dialog box that offers a variety of color options and make the choices you wish to apply to the section you selected in the Report Line field.

Style

Choose the style or number of styles you wish to apply to the section you selected in the Report Line field.

Choose from Bold, Italic, Outline, Shadow and Underline.

Numbers section

Negative

Choose the presentation of negative amounts (normal, red or parentheses) you want to apply to the section you selected in the Report Line field.

Align section

Title & Heading

This field is available only when Company, Address or Report is selected in the Report Line field.

Choose the alignment (left, center or right) you want to apply to the selection you made in the Report Line field.

Margins section

These fields display only if you are selecting customized settings for individual reports.

Left Margin

Enter the amount of space, in inches, you wish to include on the left side of the printed report.

The amount you enter here will be added to the default amount your printer already uses for a margin. For example, if your printer's default margin is .25 inches and you enter 1.5 in this field, 1.75 inches of space will appear on the left side of the report.

Top Margin

Enter the amount of space, in inches, you wish to include on the top of the printed report.

The amount you enter here will be added to the default amount your printer already uses for a margin. For example, if your printer's default margin is .25 inches and you enter 1.5 in this field, 1.75 inches of space will appear on the top of the report.

Include section

These fields display only if you are selecting default settings for all reports. These selections for customized settings for individual reports are made in the Report Customization window.

Company Name

Mark this selection if you want this information to appear at the top of the report.

Company Address

Mark this selection if you want this information to appear at the top of the report.

Report Date

Mark this selection if you want this information to appear at the top of the report.

Report Lines section

Click a report line if you wish to change its appearance in your report. Once you click a line, any changes you make in the other sections of this window (font style, numbers style or alignment) are applied to it.

Company

This section contains your company's name as it will appear on reports. The company name was originally entered, and can be changed, in the Company Information window.

The Company section will be printed on the report only if you mark the Include Company Name field in this window (default setting for all reports) or the Report Customization window (customized setting for an individual report).

Address

This section contains your company's address as it will appear on reports. The address was originally entered, and can be changed, in the Company Information window.

The Address section will be printed on the report only if you mark the Include Company Address field in this window (default setting for all reports) or the Report Customization window (customized setting for an individual report).

Report

This section contains the name of the report. The report name will appear at the top of each page of the report.

Headers

This section contains the header information for the report. Headers appear at the top of each page of the report, describing the columns in the report.

Subtitles

This section contains the subtitles that appear on the report. Subtitles indicate the beginning of new groups of information in the report, such as Accounts, Customers and Total.

Body

This section contains the detailed information of the report, such as transaction amounts, accounts and customer names.

Subtotals

This section contains the subtotals that appear on the report. Subtotals indicate the results of calculations and will appear in various formats, such as currency, units and percentages.

Totals

This section contains the totals that appear on the report. Totals indicate the results of calculations and will appear in various formats, such as currency, units and percentages.

Use Default button

Click this button to restore the default characteristics to the selected report. Use this button if you don't want to use the customizations you've added.

A dialog box appears, explaining that all changes you've previously made to this report will be removed. Click OK to remove all your changes.

This button displays only for customized individual reports.

Page Setup button

Click this button to open your Macintosh system's Page Setup window, where you can select the page size, scaling, orientation and other options.

Cancel button

Click this button to leave this window.

OK button

Click this button to accept the entries you've made in this window and return to the previous window (Index to Reports window, Reports & Forms view of the Preferences window, or Default Font Selection window).