### Using the Highlighting Expert

Seagate Crystal Reports includes the Highlighting Expert that allows you to efficiently apply conditional formatting to currency and number fields. The Highlighting Expert is most commonly used for highlighting field values that are in some way distinguished from the other values in the report. For example, if you wanted to highlight the {customer.LAST YEAR'S SALES} field in red whenever the sales are greater than $25,000, you could specify in the Highlighting Expert that when the value is greater than $25,000, a red background color is applied to the field. You can also use the dialog box to set conditional font color and border style.

Think of the Highlighting Expert as an alternative to the Formula Editor. The Highlighting Expert essentially runs the following equation: If Condition is True, Then Apply These Formatting Specifications. For this purpose, the dialog box is divided into two areas: the Item list area which displays the formula, and the Item editor area which allows you to set the formula. The Item editor includes the Sample field that lets you view the formatting specifications being applied.

Some of the benefits to using the Highlighting Expert include:

- using the Highlighting Expert for numeric/currency fields in Cross-Tabs
- the ability to undo highlighting.

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