Sometimes
Sometimes, just having the right information in a report doesn’t completely fill the requirement. You can enrich the content by formatting items in your report using some simple formatting codes. Follow these steps:
- Right-click the field(s) you want to format
- Choose Properties & navigate to the Format tab. **
- Click on the ellipsis (…) on the right of the Format code text box.
Setting Formatting properties
- Click the Standard radio button and select a basic format from the list available – an example will be provided in the right-hand box.
Choose the required format
If you need to further tweak the format, click on the Custom radio button and enter you can use the following codes to do so:
Formatting Codes and examples
Example below:
Formatting a Date & time field
** Or select the cell you want to format and then edit the Format property in the Property pane (usually located on the right of the design environment).