Report Options Window
The Report Options window provides access to various options for both tabular and
graphic quality reports. You can modify output appearance features such as
page headings, titles, and footnotes as well as colors and fonts. These
options affect all reports generated with the Projman application.
Tabular Report Options
When this option is selected, the current date is displayed in the
upper-right corner of each page of all tabular (nongraphics quality)
reports.
When this option is selected, page numbers are displayed in the upper-right
corner of each page of all tabular (nongraphics quality) reports.
The horizontal slider can be used to specify the width of pages of tabular
(nongraphics quality) reports. The number of characters per line must
be an integer value between 64 and 256.
The horizontal slider can be used to specify the length of pages of tabular
(nongraphics quality) reports. The number of lines per page must be an
integer value between 15 and 512.
When the Titles button is pressed, a window is displayed for specifying
one or more titles for project reports. You can customize any of your
output from reports by adding up to four titles to the top of each page.
To create or modify a title, simply press the button corresponding to the
title you want to modify. For each title, you can specify
the type, color, and size of the font as well as the justification used to align the text.
Note that the type, color, size, and justification specifications are used only when producing
graphics-quality reports.
When the Footnotes button is pressed, a window is displayed for specifying
one or more footnotes for project reports. You can customize any of your
output from reports by adding up to four footnotes to the bottom of each page.
To create or modify a footnote, simply press the button corresponding to the
footnote you want to modify. For each footnote, you can
specify the type, color, and size of the font as well as the justification used to
align the text. Note that the type, color, size, and justification specifications are
used only when producing graphics-quality reports.
When the Formats button is pressed, a window is displayed for selecting the
format to be used for displaying project schedules. You can specify whether reports
are to display schedules using a DATE7. (that is, 01MAY98) or a DATETIME13. (that is, 01MAY98:12:00) format.
Graphics Report Options
The horizontal slider can be used to specify the default height to be used
for all text displayed in graphics-quality reports. The default value is 1,
and valid values range from 0.1 to 5.
The font combo box can be used to specify the default font to be used for all
text displayed in graphics-quality reports.
The color combo box can be used to specify the default color to be used for all
text displayed in graphics-quality reports.
Pressing the Gantt Charts button opens a window where you can specify
the colors and fill patterns of the activity bars drawn on graphics-quality
Gantt charts.
The various types of activity bars, along with their respective colors and
fill patterns, are listed in the window. To modify the attributes for a
particular activity bar, simply click on the corresponding color or fill
pattern, and a selection window is opened. From that window, simply
select the desired color or fill pattern.
Pressing the Network Diagrams button opens a window where you can specify
the colors and fill patterns of the activity nodes drawn on graphics-quality
network diagram reports.
The various types of activity nodes, along with their respective colors and
fill patterns, are listed in the window. To modify the attributes for a
particular activity node, simply click on the corresponding color or fill
pattern, and a selection window is opened. From that window, simply
select the desired color or fill pattern.
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