Change the font size and style

Building a Report with Graphics, Text, and Color 18-7 Figure 18–7 Paper Design View of the Report with New Fonts 8. Save your report as graphics_your_initials.rdf.

18.3.3 Add bullets to your report

The steps in this section will show you how to add bullets so that a bullet displays next to each department ID. To add bullets to your report:

1. In the Paper Layout view, make sure you have enough space next to the B_

DEPARTMENT_ID field where you can add a bullet. The bullet needs to be within the R_G_DEPARTMENT_ID repeating frame so that it displays for each record. 2. Click the Ellipse tool in the tool palette. 3. Press the SHIFT key, then draw an ellipse next to the boilerplate text Department. 4. You should now see a circle in the repeating frame. To make the bullet a solid color, select the circle, then click the Fill Color tool in the tool palette.

5. In the color palette that displays, choose black.

6. Run your report to the Paper Design view to see what it looks like. Note: Pressing the SHIFT key while you draw the ellipse puts the tool in a constrained mode. When you create an ellipse in this mode, you can create a circle. Other tools are similar; for example, constraining the Rectangle tool creates a square. For more information on using these tools, refer to the Oracle Reports online Help. Note: When you are checking your layout, make sure that the ellipse displays within the R_G_DEPARTMENT_ID repeating frame. 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: