Add bullets to your report

18-8 Oracle Reports Users Guide to Building Reports Figure 18–8 Paper Design View of the Report with Bullets

7. Save your report as graphics_your_initials.rdf.

18.3.4 Display a line between each record

When you have a lot of data, you sometimes want to further distinguish each record, so that it is clear how the information is related. In this section, you will add a horizontal line to the layout that will display between each department record. To add a line separator: 1. In the Paper Layout view, click the Line tool in the tool palette. 2. Press the SHIFT key, then draw a line in the R_G_DEPARTMENT_ID frame beneath the fields, like this: Figure 18–9 Paper Layout View with Line Separator

3. Format the line the way you want it to appear. In our example, we chose Format

Line Line Width 2 pt . Then, we changed the color to black.

4. Run your report to the Paper Design view. It should now look something like this:

Building a Report with Graphics, Text, and Color 18-9 Figure 18–10 Paper Design View of Report with Line Separator

5. Save your report as graphics_your_initials.rdf.

18.3.5 Add a title to your report

The steps in this section will show you how to use the tools in the tool palette to create a title for your report. You will use the Fill Color to create a black background and white text, as well as arrange your items so they display properly. To add a title to the report: 1. In the Paper Layout view, click the Rectangle tool in the tool palette. 2. Draw a rectangle where you want the title to display. We drew the rectangle above the repeating frames, so that the title would display once, above all the data. 3. Click the Text tool in the tool palette, then click in the rectangle and type a title, such as Employee Details.

4. With the text object selected, click the Text Color tool and choose white.

5. With the rectangle object selected, click the Fill Color tool in the tool palette, and choose black.

6. In the Object Navigator, find the text object you created under Body. You can tell

which objects are text objects by the A icon next to the name. In our case, the text object is B_3. 7. Once you have selected the object, click the title bar of the Paper Design view to select the Paper Design view.

8. Choose Layout Bring to Front.

9. Run your report to the Paper Design view. It should now look something like this: