Adding report elements
Release 9.3 Last modified April 24, 2009	Print all topics in : "Creating reports"

About adding report elements

Note: This topic was updated for 9.3.1.

To help you create attractive reports, you can add the following elements:

• A title
  
• A subtitle
  
• Page numbers
  
• The current date
  
• Images
  
• Footnotes
  

Once you've added an element, you can control the way it looks.

How to add report elements

Adding a title

1. Click the Display tab on the Report Properties dialog box.
   
2. Click Elements.
   
3. Check Title.
   
4. Double-click Text and type the text for the title.
   
5. Click Font and click the button to display the Font dialog box.
   
6. Set the font, size, style, and color as desired and click OK.
   
7. Click Back Color and click the button to display the Color dialog box.
   
8. Click the color you want.
   
9. Click Border and click the button to open the Border Properties dialog box.
   
10. Click the border style you want and click OK.
    

Tips

You can accent report elements with borders and background colors. In general, ArcMap automatically calculates the height of an element. For example, the height of the title is based on the font size you choose. However, you can also set the height manually. This is useful when you want to add space around the element. To set the height, set the Autosize property to False, then set the Height property to a height in inches. If the element isn't centered on the page, you probably need to adjust the width of the element. The horizontal alignment of an element is based on its width, not the width of the report. Each element has its own height and width. An element, such as a title, is located in the section at the top of the report. You can position the upper-left corner of an element by adjusting the Top and Left properties of the element.

Adding a subtitle

1. Click the Display tab on the Report Properties dialog box.
   
2. Click Elements.
   
3. Check Subtitle.
   
4. Double-click Text and type the text for the subtitle.
   

Adding page numbers

1. Click the Display tab on the Report Properties dialog box.
   
2. Click Elements.
   
3. Check Page Numbering.
   
4. Click Section, click the drop-down arrow, then click Top of Page or Bottom of Page.
   
5. Click Font and click the button to open the Font dialog box.
   
6. Set the font, size, style, and color in the Font dialog box as desired, then click OK.
   

Tips

You can accent report elements with borders and background colors. In general, ArcMap automatically calculates the height of an element. For example, the height of the title is based on the font size you choose. However, you can also set the height manually. This is useful when you want to add space around the element. To set the height, set the Autosize property to False, then set the Height property to a height in inches. If the element isn't centered on the page, you probably need to adjust the width of the element. The horizontal alignment of an element is based on its width, not the width of the report. Each element has its own height and width. An element, such as a title, is located in the section at the top of the report. You can position the upper-left corner of an element by adjusting the Top and Left properties of the element.

Adding the date

1. Click the Display tab on the Report Properties dialog box.
   
2. Click Elements.
   
3. Check Date.
   
4. Click Section, click the drop-down arrow, then click Top of Page or Bottom of Page.
   
5. Click Number Format, click the drop-down arrow, then click the date format you want.
   
Dates can be represented as follows:
mm/dd/yy 1:00:00 AM
Monday, July 26, 1999
mm/dd/yy

Tip

Each element has its own height and width. An element, such as a title, is located in the section at the top of the report. You can position the upper-left corner of an element by adjusting the Top and Left properties of the element.

Adding footnotes

1. Click the Display tab on the Report Properties dialog box.
   
2. Click Elements.
   
3. Check Page Footnote or Report Footnote.
   
4. Double-click Text and type the text for the footnote.
   
5. Click Font and click the button to open the Font dialog box.
   
6. Set the font, size, style, and color in the Font dialog box as desired, then click OK.
   

Tip

You can add footnotes to the bottom of each page or at the end of the report.

Adding an image at the top of the report

1. Click the Display tab on the Report Properties dialog box.
   
2. Click Elements.
   
3. Check Image.
   
4. Click Picture, click the button to display the Open Image dialog box, then click the image you want to display.
   
5. Double-click Height and type a height in inches.
   
6. Double-click Width and type a width in inches.
   
7. Click Picture Display, click the drop-down arrow, then click Fit, Clip, or Stretch.
   

Tip

Images aren't always sized exactly as you'd like them to be. Fortunately, when you add an image to your report, you can adjust its appearance to fit the available space. If it's too large, you can shrink it or crop it. If it's too small, you can stretch it.

Adding an image in the background

1. Click the Display tab on the Report Properties dialog box.
   
2. Click Background.
   
3. Check Image.
   
4. Click Picture, click the button to display the Open Image dialog box, then click the image you want to display.
   
The image will now appear behind the report data on all pages.

Tips

Use the Top and Left properties to position the upper-left corner of the background text or image on the report page. You can accent report elements with borders and background colors. In general, ArcMap automatically calculates the height of an element. For example, the height of the title is based on the font size you choose. However, you can also set the height manually. This is useful when you want to add space around the element. To set the height, set the Autosize property to False, then set the Height property to a height in inches. If the element isn't centered on the page, you probably need to adjust the width of the element. The horizontal alignment of an element is based on its width, not the width of the report. Each element has its own height and width. An element, such as a title, is located in the section at the top of the report. You can position the upper-left corner of an element by adjusting the Top and Left properties of the element.

Adding text in the background

1. Click the Display tab on the Report Properties dialog box.
   
2. Click Background.
   
3. Check Text.
   
4. Double-click the Text property and type the text string you want to appear in the background.
   
The text displays behind the report data on all pages.

5. Click Font and click the button to open the Font dialog box.
   
6. Set the font, size, style, and color in the Font dialog box as desired, then click OK.
   

Tip

Use the Top and Left properties to position the upper-left corner of the background text or image on the report page.

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