Format Text dialog

This dialog appears when you right-click some selected strings and then select Font or Paragraph (if the string is in a table cell, Format Text) from the shortcut menu. You can set the properties of the text in a paragraph and font of the text in the following two tabs:

• Paragraph tab
• Font tab

OK

Accepts all changes and closes the dialog.

Cancel

Does not retain any changes and closes the dialog.

Apply

Applies all changes in this dialog.

Help

Displays this help document.

Paragraph tab

Specifies properties for the text in the paragraph. See the tab.

Alignment

Specifies how paragraphs fit between the margins.

• Left
  Specifies to make the paragraph left-aligned.
• Centered
  Specifies to make the paragraph centered.
• Right
  Specifies to make the paragraph right-aligned.
• Justified
  Specifies to adjust the horizontal spacing so that text is aligned evenly along both the left and right margins. Justifying text creates a smooth edge on both sides.

Indentation

Specifies the distance of the paragraph from either the left or right margins.

• Left
  Specifies the distance of the paragraph from the left margin.
• Right
  Specifies the distance of the paragraph from the right margin.
• Special
  Specifies to make the paragraph specially indented.
  • None
    If selected, no special indent rule will be applied in this paragraph.
  • First line
    If selected, use the First line indent in the paragraph with the length you specified in the By text box.
  • Hanging
    If selected, use the Hanging indent in the paragraph with the length you specified in the By text box.

Spacing

Specifies the spaces between lines in the paragraph.

• Before
  Specifies the distance with N lines before the specified paragraph.
• After
  Specifies the distance with N lines after the specified paragraph.
• Line Spacing
  Specifies the amount of vertical space between lines of text in a paragraph.
  • Single
    Accommodates the largest font in that line, plus a small amount of extra space. The amount of extra space varies depending on the font used.
  • 1.5 lines
    One-and-one-half times that of single line spacing.
  • Double
    Twice that of single line spacing.
  • At least
    Minimum line spacing that is needed to fit the largest font or graphic on the line.
  • Exactly
    Fixed line spacing that JReport Designer does not adjust.
  • Multiple
    Line spacing that is increased or decreased by a percentage that you specify. For example, setting line spacing to 1.2 will increase the space by 20 percent.
• At
  Effective only when you have selected At least, Exactly or Multiple. it specifies the distances between lines.

Preview

Displays a preview sample of your selection.

Font tab

Specifies the font format of text in the paragraph. See the tab.

Font list

Lists all the available font faces for the text.

Font Size

Specifies the font size of the text.

Font Color

Specifies the font color of the text.

Rotation

Specifies the rotation angle of the text around its center, in degrees. Not supported on text in the paragraph.

Shearing

Specifies the gradient of text. Not supported on text in the paragraph.

Preview

Displays a preview sample of your selection.

Effects

Specifies special effect for the text.

• Bold
  Specifies whether the text to be bold or not.
• Italic
  Specifies whether the text to be italic or not.
• Strikethrough
  Specifies whether or not to draw a line through the text.
• Underline
  Specifies whether to use the horizontal line under the text or not.
• Underline Color
  Specifies the color for the horizontal line under the text.
• Underline Style
  Specifies the style of the horizontal line under the text.
• Ignore HTML Tag
  If true, the text will appear in the HTML file the same as that in JReport Designer (HTML tag elements in the field value, if any, will not be parsed); or HTML tag elements of the text will be parsed while the report is to be saved as an HTML file. Not supported on text in the paragraph.
• Subscript
  Specifies whether to make the specified text as subscript.
• Superscript
  Specifies whether to make the specified text as superscript.