Organized element layout is essential to a visually pleasing report. You achieve this organization by aligning, spacing, and centering visual elements on each band relative to each other, to the band itself, and to elements on other bands.

The Report Builder Align Palette includes the following options:

• Align left, center, and right
• Align top, horizontal, and bottom
• Same heights, widths, and both
• Space equally horizontally
• Space equally vertically

You align, size, and space multiple report elements, as follows:

Relative to the band they are in: You control relative alignment through the Align to Band icon, which is the bottom icon in the Align Palette. When it is enabled, the Align to Band icon has a rectangle surrounding it, and the Report Builder aligns and spaces one or more elements relative to the height and width of the band.

Relative to each other: When Align to Band is disabled, Report Builder aligns and spaces two or more elements relative to each other.

Use the Align Palette

1. Select two or more elements by pressing Control-click, Shift-click, or using lasso select.
2. Click the alignment icon, or select Modify > Alignment > alignment option from the menu bar.

The Align Palette options are also available from Modify > Alignment on the menu bar.

For complete information on fine-tuning element display, see the Report Builder online Help.