Zoom in Report Design

[Guest]

I have built a report with lots of small text boxes which I am trying to tidy
up in the Report Design screen. I can find no way of getting the zoom
function to work in anything but the Report preview, where I cannot change
any of the layout.
I have tried without any success to add the zoom button to the Reports
design toolbar and to several other toolbars,but they all have the icon
greyed out in design.
I would have thought that the ability to zoom in on the design work and make
subtle changes to the layout was fairly common, but can find no help on the
subject.
Can someone enlighten me on this please.

Many thanks.

 

[Guest]

Hi Ace

I'm afraid there isn't any zoom facility in design mode.
A rather lumpy work round would be to use the Magnifier utility that comes
with Windows XP. You can access it via Accessories/Accessibility on the
Start Menu.
It might help a bit.

Regards,

Lee

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the help Lee. I find it amazing that something as simple as a Zoom
function isn't available when building reports. Have used the Magnifier to
correct the layout as suggested.

 

[Jeff Boyce]

If you are trying to do fine adjustments, check the use of the
<Ctrl>-<arrow> and <Shift>-<arrow> keys. If you are trying to align
controls, check Format | Align options.