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-====== Alignment and Positioning ======
+====== Defining Report Designer Settings ======
-===== Aligning Elements =====
-To align several elements in the same band select the element you want to align against first and then select all other elements holding down SHIFT or CTRL keys – see [[2500_config_apps:4200_report_designer:0300_edit_elements:0000_start#Selecting_Elements|Selecting Elements]]. Then click on the {{documentation:icons:icon_elements_align.png?nolink&20}} icon in the Report Designer toolbar to bring up a popup menu.
+To define Report Designer Settings, click on the Settings button on the Report Designer toolbar. If you don't see it there, check the Overflow menu of the toolbar. There are several groups of Settings - General Settings, Text Settings and Grid Settings. Note that the Grid settings can be directly navigated to if you right-click on the button that toggles grid on or off on the toolbar.
-  - To //align the selected elements with the left edge// of the first element in the selection choose the Left command in the popup menu.
+When you click on the Settings button in the toolbar, the Settings Dialog is displayed. You can switch between panels of the dialog to edit a particular group of settings. Changes to the settings are stored in a special file, so they persist between sessions. To restore settings to factory default, click on the Restore button located next to the OK and Cancel buttons of the dialog. The following settings can be defined:
-  - To //align the selected elements with the right edge// of the first element in the selection choose the Right command in the popup menu.
-  - To //align the selected elements with the top edge// of the first element in the selection choose the Top command in the popup menu.
-  - To //align the horizontal axis of the selected elements //with the horizontal axis of the first element in the selection choose the Horizontal Axis command in the popup menu.
-  - To //align the vertical axis of the selected elements //with the vertical axis of the first element in the selection choose the Vertical Axis command in the popup menu.
-===== Positioning Elements in Band =====
-To move one or more elements in the same band to the left edge of the band select the elements you want to move (see [[2500_config_apps:4200_report_designer:0300_edit_elements:0000_start#Selecting_Elements|Selecting Elements]]) and choose the {{documentation:icons:icon_move.png?nolink&20|}} icon in the Report Designer toolbar to bring up a popup menu and then select the edge you want position against from the popup menu.
+===== General Settings =====
-===== Changing Size of Elements =====
+==== 1. New graphic elements are transparent ====
+If this switch is on, graphical elements, such as rectangles and circles, as well as text and tag expressions, are created with the transparency flag on by default. This flag can then be turned off in the Property window of an individual element. If an element is transparent, it does not have a background color, and the uses can "see through" the element.
+==== 2. Default fill color of new graphic elements ====
+This setting is enabled only when the previous setting is off and graphical elements, such as rectangles and circles, as well as text and tag expressions, are created non-transparent. This setting lets you select a default background color of new elements.
+==== 3. Default outline color of new graphic elements ====
+This setting lets you select a default outline color of new elements that support outline color.
+==== 4. Show tooltips for truncated text and elements with conditions ====
+If this switch is on, the Report Designer shows tooltips for tag expressions (dynamic text elements) that do not fit the bounding box of the element. The text of the expression is shown truncated in the design area. The tooltip will then show the full text of the expression. Tooltips will also be shown for all conditional elements - the tooltip will show the full text of conditional expressions.
+==== 5. Minimum and maximum zoom scales ====
+Determine how far you can zoom out and in
+==== 6. Watermark font size ====
+Names of the report bands are displayed as watermarks in the design area. This setting allows you to specify font size of the watermark.
+==== 7. Resize marker color ====
+This setting allows you to specify the color of the markers which are displayed when an element is selected
+==== 8. Paste shift ====
+This setting controls how much an element is shifted by relative to the original element. This refers to the scenario when you want to duplicate an element by copying it to the clipboard and pasting on top of the original element.
+==== 9. Nudge factor ====
+This setting controls how much an element is moved by when the user "nudges" the selected element by pressing the arrow keys. The higher the nudge factor the more the element moves with each press of the arrow key.
+==== 10. Rulers shown ====
+This setting toggles display of rulers on or off. Note that this can also be done by clicking on the Ruler button on the Report Designer toolbar.
+==== 11. Minimum band height ====
+When the height of a band becomes smaller than this value it is displayed by a special box with the name of the band displayed inside this box, rather than a divider line and a watermark.
+===== Text Settings =====
+All settings in this group refer to how a new text elements (static or dynamic) are created by default. You can specify text color, font family, font size, line spacing, vertical and horizontal alignment.
+===== Grid Settings =====
+Settings in this group allow you to specify properties of the grid. You can navigate to these settings directly if you right click on the button that toggles grid on and off. The following settings can be specified:
+==== 1. Grid shown ====
+This setting toggles display of the grid on or off. Note that the same can be achieved by clicking on the grid toggle button on the toolbar of the Report Designer
+==== 2. Grid color ====
+This setting determines the color of the grid (if it is shown)
+==== 3. Grid step ====
+This setting controls the distance between points of the grid (if it is shown)
+==== 4. Snap to grid ====
+This setting applies when selected element(s) are moved by the user. If "Snap to Grid" is on the element can only be moved between the cells of the grid, so the element being moved is snapped to the edge of the cells. The step setting above controls how big the snapping distance is.
-To change size of several elements in the same band select the element you want to use as the prototype first and then select all other elements holding down SHIFT or CTRL keys – see [[2500_config_apps:4200_report_designer:0300_edit_elements:0000_start#Selecting_Elements|Selecting Elements]]. Then click on the {{documentation:icons:icon_resize.png?nolink&20}} icon in the Report Designer toolbar to bring up the popup menu.
-  - To //make the selected elements the same size// as the first element in the selection, choose the "Same Size" command in the popup menu.
-  - To //make the selected elements the same width// as the first element in the selection, choose the "Same Width" command in the popup menu.
-  - To //make the selected elements the same height// as the first element in the selection, choose the "Same Height" command in the popup menu.
-  - To space elements vertically select the "Space Vertically" command
-  - To space elements horizontally select the "Space Horizontally" command