### Picture tab (Format Editor)

Use the Picture tab to format bitmap graphics. The Format Graphic command is available on the Format menu. It is also found on the shortcut menu when you right-click a selected graphic object in your report.

##### Crop From edit boxes

Cropping refers to "cutting" away those portions of your graphic that you do not want to print (although you can use cropping to add white space between the graphic and the frame that surrounds it as well). Using the cropping box, specify the size of the piece you want to cut off the top, bottom, left, and/or right side of your graphic:

- positive numbers cut into the graphic the amount specified
- negative numbers add the specified amount of white space between the outer edge of the graphic and the frame.

Note: All cropping activities begin at the outer edge of the graphic.

##### Scaling edit boxes

Scaling refers to the length and width of a graphic as a percentage of the original length and width. For example, if the original graphic is one inch wide, that width is automatically assigned a width scaling value of 100% by the program. To double the width of the graphic using the Scaling options, you would change Scaling Width to 200% (twice the size of the original). Likewise, to reduce the width of the graphic to one--half inch (half the size of the original), you would change Scaling Width to 50%. Scaling Height works in the same way.

If you want to resize the graphic as a percentage of the original height and width, enter the new scaling percentages.

The program stores a copy of each graphic in its original size. All scaling settings refer back to that original size. For example, if you have a graphic that was originally a four inch square and you have resized it to a two inch square, the Scaling box will show settings of Width = 50% and Height = 50%. Those percentages refer back to the original. If you want to resize the graphic again to a one inch square, you will have to enter scaling values that again refer back to the original Width and Height, not the current values. Entering values of Width = 25% and Length = 25% will reduce the original four inch square to a one inch square.

##### Size edit boxes

Size refers to the absolute (measured) length and width of a graphic. For example, if a graphic is originally a one inch square, each of the Size settings will initially be set at one inch. To double the length and width of the graphic (to make a two inch square), reset the Size settings to two inches each. To reduce the size of the graphic to a half inch square, reset the Size settings to a half inch each.

Note: When you change the Size settings, the program automatically recalculates the Scaling settings, and when you change the Scaling settings, the program automatically recalculates the Size settings. The recalculated settings appear when you next open the Picture tab of the Format Editor.

##### Original size information

This box displays the original dimensions of the graphic (its dimensions when first inserted into the report). Sizing, scaling, and cropping do not affect this figure nor can you change it directly; it is simply provided as a reference.

##### Reset

When you click this button, any changes you have made to your graphic will be reset to the defaults displayed in the Original size display box.

###### Related topics

Format Editor

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