Setting color palette preferences Changing colors Changing patterns

4-72 Oracle Reports Users Guide to Building Reports With this option selected, you can see all information on both implicit and explicit anchors in the Object Navigator. See also Section 2.4.4.1, Implicit anchoring algorithm

4.9.5.3 Moving an anchor

Moving an anchor changes how the objects will be displayed in relationship to each other. To move an anchor:

1. In the Paper Layout view, click the anchor.

2. Click the Reshape tool in the tool palette, then drag one of the anchor endpoints to

its new location on the object edge. To move an anchor along an object edge: ■ Press the constrain for example, shift key when moving the anchor. To change the position of the anchor on the object edge, as a percentage down or across from top to bottom or left to right:

1. Double-click the anchor object to display the Property Inspector.

2. Set the Child Edge Percent property or Parent Edge Percent property to a new

value. To change the edge on which the anchor is positioned: ■ Set the Child Edge Type property or Parent Edge Type property as desired.

4.9.6 Colors, Patterns, and Highlighting

This section provides procedures for the following tasks that you may perform as you work with colors, patterns, and highlighting: ■ Setting color palette preferences ■ Changing colors ■ Changing patterns ■ Changing colors and patterns using PLSQL ■ Modifying the color palette ■ Importing or exporting a color palette ■ Highlighting a value ■ Highlighting a row

4.9.6.1 Setting color palette preferences

See Section 4.2.6, Setting color palette preferences . Note: By default, objects are anchored to the upper left corner of their enclosing object. If this view of the Object Navigator does not show anchoring information for an object, you can assume that the object is anchored to its enclosing object, which might be the frame or the body. How To... 4-73

4.9.6.2 Changing colors

To change the color of an object or text:

1. In the Paper Layout view, click the objects.

2. Click the Fill Color tool, the Line Color tool, or the Text Color tool in the tool

palette, depending on which part of the object you want to apply a color to. 3. On the color palette, click a color. See also Section 2.4.5, About changing colors and patterns Section 4.12.8, Modifying the color, pattern, or border of body objects in a template

4.9.6.3 Changing patterns

To change the pattern of an object: 1. In the Paper Layout view, click the objects.

2. Click the Fill Color tool or the Line Color tool in the tool palette, depending on

which part of the object you want to apply a pattern to.

3. On the color palette, click Patterns.

4. On the pattern palette, click a pattern. To change the foreground and background colors, choose from the color palettes at the bottom of the pattern palette. See also Section 2.4.5, About changing colors and patterns Section 4.12.8, Modifying the color, pattern, or border of body objects in a template Topic Pattern color palette in the Reference Color and Pattern Palettes section of the Oracle Reports online Help. Tip: To select multiple objects, click one object, then Shift-click all other objects. To select all objects, choose Edit Select All. Note: The FillLineText Display, the box directly above the three Color tools, shows the currently selected fill, border, and text. The default fill and border for objects created by Oracle Reports Builder is transparent, while the default for objects you create is a black, one-point line around a white. Tip: To select multiple objects, click one object, then Shift-click all other objects. To select all objects, choose Edit Select All. Note: The Windows platform does not support a border pattern that is, patterns for the Line Color tool. 4-74 Oracle Reports Users Guide to Building Reports

4.9.6.4 Changing colors and patterns using PLSQL