Font formatting of report

[DaisySara]

I am creating multiple reports in report studio and I want them to all look the same; same font, same font size, etc.  I've already created one a few days ago.  I am now going back in to see what type of font I used and the sizes for all the different labels, and if I click on it and go to style>font, the font and font sizes just show default.  I don't remember which font it was or the size.  How do I know what font it was and what size?

[Lynn]

Maybe you need to use the ancestor button to navigate to the appropriate level where the properties were set? For example, in a list report you might have set the font properties on List Column Body, List Column, or List Column Body Style or List Column Title Style. Or maybe you need to unlock the report to get to a text item where perhaps you set those properties.

... however ...

Instead of continuing on that route you might consider setting up classes to achieve consistency in your reporting. A class will let you define font, size, borders, padding, colors, etc. and then you can just reference the class in the Classes property for an item in your report. If you need to change something it is a zillion times easier to change the class then it would be to change every data item that has those some appearance properties.

You can create local classes within a report and then copy them to other reports. You can also add classes to the system files so they are available globally.

[DaisySara]

Thank you Lynn I am definitely going to look into classes.  Because I have about 20 reports to do, and I want them all to look the same.

[RKMI]

Hi Daisy,

I think you make default report template with items which you will with applied custom classes for your report object such as a list, crosstab,... then save it in the report template. So if you get a new report to design, then you can start with the template and you don't need to look for that exact font and style because report template should already contain that as default custom classes.

Thanks,
RK

[Lynn]

Good point about templates. I use just a regular report as my template. The reason for this is that I use layout component references for standard headers and footers. Once upon a time you couldn't use layout component references in a template and have a change made to the component source automatically be reflected in all reports that reference it. Not sure if that is still true but I've just continued on with my same approach.

Layout Component References are a good thing to consider. I've attached a document I wrote many moons ago in case it is helpful.

[RKMI]

Nice Doc Lynn, thanks for sharing.  :D

-RK