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[rhonda18]

In the design mode if I have 10 fields stacked vertically is there an easy way to select them all and space them out evenly in between each other?

Thanks

 

[kenhamady]

Go into the section expert for that section and remove the top check mark for "free form placement". This will give you consistent vertical spacing. Or you could use snap-to-grid.

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[rhonda18]

I cannot find "free form placement" anywhere. When i select the fields and choose Section Expert I don't see anything like that.

 

[kenhamady]

What version of CR are you using? If you are using XIr2 I believe that they took that out. You would have to use Snap-To-Grid.

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[rhonda18]

I am using CR Developer; Product Type: Full 11.5.3.417

 

[kenhamady]

I believe that 11.5 is release 2 so the "Free Form Placement" checkmark is gone for you. You can activate Snap-to-Grid and adjust the size of the grid to your requirement.

Ken Hamady, On-site Custom Crystal Reports Training & Consulting
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[rhonda18]

ok thank you, I also found another thing that bugs me and I can't figure out; I need the right edge of a number in a sub report align up with the number in a field outside of the sub report and it is off and I have no idea how to do this.

 

[rhonda18]

nevermind I figured it out, I went into edit sub report and moved the field.

Thank you for you help