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This chapter describes the functions included in Edit menu. Edit menu provides a variety of

functions by which drawing a report is easier and more convenient.

3.1. Undo/Redo

If you want to restore a command which has been executed to its former status, select Edit >Undo( ) or click Undo on the Standard toolbar or use shortcut .

Undo is supported in the multi-level steps. If you click or select Undo continuously, you can

cancel steps from the most recent one.

If you re-execute a command cancelled by Undo, select Edit > Redo or click Redo( )on

the Standard toolbar or use shortcut .

Also, Redo is supported in the multi-level steps. If you execute Redo consecutively, you can

restore the previous commands cancelled by Undo.

Commands not to allow Undo/Redo.

1. Key board command (Text input, Moving object, Resizing object etc.)

2. Control line (Moving, Resizing Object)

3. Changing object internal properties(TextFrame properties, Table properties, Text object

properties etc.)

4. Delete and insert page

3.2. Select All

In order to select all of objects on a page, select Edit > Select All or click Select All( )on

the Standard toolbar or use shortcut .

After selecting all the objects, if you cancel selecting all of objects, move the mouse cursorto the location where selected object does not exist, and then click the left button of yourmouse.

In case multiple objects are selected, to release one of the selected objects, hold down

Shift and left-click a mouse on the selected object. To select the released object, hold down


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Shift and left-click it.

3.3. Cut

To cut objects, select Edit > Cut or click Cut( )on the Standard toolbar or use a shortcut

.

After selecting the object you want to cut or blocking the content of TextFrame you want to

cut, Cut should be executed.

3.4. Copy

Select Edit > Copy or click Copy( ) on the Standard toolbar or use shortcut .

After selecting the object you want to cut or blocking the contents of TextFrame you want to

cut, Copy should be executed.

3.5. Paste

Select Edit > Paste or click Paste( ) on the Standard toolbar or use shortcut .

3.5.1. Paste Text

Locate a cursor to a desired position in TextFrame or a table, and then paste a text. You can

paste it only in TextFrame and Table Cell.

The example of Paste

If you move line 1) to the location next to line3), the following process may be required.

1. To block Line 1), press or left-click a mouse and drag it.

2. Press or select Edit > Cut, and Line 1) will disappear and two lines will remain.


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3. After locating a cursor to the position lower than Line 3), press or select Edit >

Paste, and then Line 1) will be placed at the position lower than of Line 3).

3.5.2. Paste Object

In case of pasting an object other than a text in the same page, it will be pasted to the

location adjacent to a cut or copied object. But, if you paste a copied object to a different

page, it will be pasted to the same position in the page where it is copied.

Example of Paste Object

You can create five tables, which are the same, by using Copy and Paste as shown below.

1. After selecting a desired table in Selection Mode, press to copy.

2. Press four times to paste, and then you can create the five same tables as

shown below.

3.6. Paste Selected Properties

Paste Selected Properties is to paste object and its properties. It operates on Text Frame

and Table cell only because Figure, Barcode, Chart Object have not String, Format,

Database Connecting Info and Hyperlink properties.

To open Paste Selected Properties dialog box, select Edit > Paste Selected Properties.

The default option is Al l and, if you uncheck Al l, you can select the properties you want.


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String

In case the content of a text exist, paste Text and Text Style (Font, Color, Size).

Format

If the contents applied by selecting Edit > Paste Selected Properties > Format exist, paste

their properties, This Format means Text Format.

Database Connection Info

Paste field information applied by selecting Database > Map Dataset.

Hyperlink

Paste hyperlink information applied by selecting Edit > Paste Selected Properties >

Hyperlink.

3.7. Delete

After selecting or blocking objects, if you select Edit > Delete or press , the selected orblocked objects will be deleted.

3.8. Delete Selected

If the selected objects have string, format, database connection info, and hyperlink

properties, you can delete some properties you want.


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3.9. Find/Replace

It is useful for finding a location of a Variable name or a String as well as replacing it by

another String.

To open Find/Replace dialog box, select Edit > Find/Replace. Otherwise, select

Find/Replace( ) on the Standard toolbar or use shortcut .

If you want to find a specific field among the fields, which you applied with Map Dataset

dialog box, check Find Field Name.

If you check Match Whole Word Only, the word which is composed of the entered strings

only will be found. If you check Case Sensitive, the character strings whose entire uppercase

and lowercases accord will be found. Location and Direction for finding may be set.

The location for finding a string starts from input cursor in edit window. If the cursor move to

the end of document, find again from the first.


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3.10. Insert Object

You can insert objects in Report Designer 5.0u by using OLE2. OLE2 allows sharing data

with another application program, so you can insert objects creating on external application

program to document. As for, all the OLE2’s properties are applied. And, you can easily edit

between reports and objects.

To insert the objects by using OLE2, select Edit > Insert Object , and then open the dialog

box as shown below.

If you check Display As Icon, the icon of a desired object type will appear.

There are two ways to insert Object: Create New and Create from File.

In order to create a new object, after selecting Object Type in list field, click OK. If you do

not check Display As Icon as default, the name of object type is displayed, and then Editor

Window and Edit Menu are placed in Report Designer 5.0u Editor

If you insert Bitmap Image as object by Create New, Image Editor Window will appear as

shown below.

After drawing images on the above Image Editor Window, click the outside of Image Editor

Window to close an editing. When you want to draw images again, select the object and

double–click it.


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If you select Create from File, the following dialog box will appear.

After selecting a desired image in Browse, click OK. And then the selected image will be

inserted directly in a document.

In case you check Link option at the moment, as an image is connected to a file, if you

change the image of a file, the image in a document also will be changed. When you double

click the image, the Image Editor Window will appear outside of Editor.

3.11. Enter Special CharacterThis function, Enter Special Character allows you to input special character and symbols

which are not in a keyboard.

While the mouse cursor is in TextFrame or Table cell, select Edit > Enter Special Character

or use shortcut , and then Enter Special Character dialog box will appear. If you

click a desired special character, it will be inserted in the current position of input cursor.

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If you create a new report, one page with one text body will be created. However you can

add, delete, modify the page by the function like this; Add Cover , Add/Insert Body, Add

Last Page, Delete Page.

3.12.1. Add Cover

In order to add the cover, select Edit > Edit Page > Add Cover or click Add Cover( ) on

the Edit Page toolbar. Cover is the fist page, that becomes before the text body of Report.

The repetition table is not allowed on cover page.

3.12.2. Add/Insert Body

If you want to insert pages in report, select Edit > Edit Page > Add/Insert Body or click

Add/Insert Body( ) on the Edit Page toolbar.

If you check Add Page, a new page will be added to the next of the current page. If you

check Insert Page, a new page will be inserted in front of the current page.

In case of Table Form, if you want to add or insert Body, check Use SubPage of File > New

dialog box or check File > Document Properties > Report Type > Use SubPage. If you

check Use SubPage, the available subqueries are as same as the number of pages.

3.12.3. Add Last Page

In order to add the last page, select Edit > Edit Page > Add Last Page or click Add Last

Page( ) on the Edit Page toolbar. Last page is the last page after ending the text body of

report. The repetition table is not allowed on last page same as cover page.

3.12.4. Delete Page

In order to delete pages, select Edit > Edit Page > Delete Page or click Delete Page( )

on the Edit Page toolbar. Only the page positioning the cursor is will be deleted. Undo is not

available after executing Delete Page.

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