Properties

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Overview: This dialog bar can be used for setting properties for the current objects.

Accessing: There are multiple options to display the dialog bar:

selecting the Show Properties button located in the Properties group under the View tab
pressing ALT + Enter
right-clicking on the item listed in Navigation Bar and selecting Properties from the contextual menu

 

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The user can modify various properties located in the following sections: Alignment & Indentation, Background, Borders, Font, Keeps & Breaks, Margins, Miscellaneous, Object ID, Padding, Positioning and VDP (Variable Data Printing).

 

A property can have static, dynamic or conditional values. In order to assign a dynamic or conditional value, the desired property must be selected and the arrow button located at the right must be clicked.

 

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The Property Value dialog will be displayed and dynamic/conditional value can be set.