Workbench User Guide : Creating Reports in OpenROAD : How You Can Enhance Report Design : How You Can Add Field Borders
 
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How You Can Add Field Borders
Borders are rectangular boxes around fields. By specifying part of a border, you can outline part of a field, such as its top or bottom. You can choose the width of the border, the pattern (whether the border is a solid or broken line), the style (regular or shadow box); and you can choose square, angled, or rounded corners.
You can place a single border around as many individual fields as you want by clicking the Outline button in the text toolbar. Reporter draws a border around each field until it reaches a field for which the Outline option is not selected.
Add a Border to a Report Field
You can add a field border using the Line Attributes palette.
To add a border to a field in a report
1. Select the composite field (or column or section) that you want to surround with a border.
2. Click Layout, Line Attributes.
The Line Attributes palette appears.
3. In the Line Attributes palette, click the Outline tab.
4. Select the desired Outline options (Width, Pattern, Style, and Type).
5. Click Close to close the dialog and apply the attributes you selected.
To add a partial border (or line) to a field in a report
Follow the procedure for adding a border—but select the segment of a field rather than a composite field—and click the Line tab in the Line Attributes palette.
You can then select a width, pattern, and style for the line.