## Using the Report Design Environment

### Design solutions

There are several things to keep in mind when designing reports that are distributed to different environments. For the best results, consider:

- section characteristics
- making an object underlay a following section
- pre-printed forms
- hiding report sections
- hiding report objects
- placing text-based objects
- placing multi-line, text-based objects
- importing text-based objects from a file
- spacing within text-based objects
- overflow field representation
- selecting multiple objects
- free-form placement
- vertical placement
- TrueType fonts
- page margins
- default printer
- printer drivers.

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