Introduction

The styles that can be used in reports are separated into text styles and para (paragraph) styles. Text styles define the style of the text content within a paragraph, such as the font to be used. Para styles define the style to be used for the paragraph like indentation and spacing.


Text Styles

Custom Text Styles 

Custom styles can be defined using the <FontStyles> tag. 


Predefined Text Styles

The following predefined styles are supported:


Style Name
Font
Size
Style
Normal
Arial
10
Normal
Normal18pt
Arial
8
Normal
Bold
Arial
10
Bold
Bold8pt
Arial
8
Bold
Italic
Arial
10
Italic
Heading0
Arial
24
Bold
Heading1
Arial
18
Bold
Heading2
Arial
16
Bold
Heading3
Arial
14
Bold
Heading4
Arial
12
Bold
Heading5
Arial
12
Normal
Heading6
Arial
11
Italic
Heading7
Arial
10
Normal


Example Script:

<Text>This is normal text</Text>
<Text font="Normal8pt">This is normal8pt text</Text>
<Text font="Bold">This is bold text</Text>
<Text font="Bold8pt">This is bold8pt text</Text>
<Text font="Italic">This is italic text</Text>
<Text font="Heading0">This is Heading0 text</Text>
<Text font="Heading1">This is Heading1 text</Text>
<Text font="Heading2">This is Heading2 text</Text>
<Text font="Heading3">This is Heading3 text</Text>
<Text font="Heading4">This is Heading4 text</Text>
<Text font="Heading5">This is Heading5 text</Text>
<Text font="Heading6">This is Heading6 text</Text>
<Text font="Heading7">This is Heading7 text</Text>


Example Result:


Predefined Paragraph Styles

Custom Paragraph Styles 

Custom styles can be defined using the <ParaStyles> tag.


Predefined Paragraph Styles 

The following predefined styles are supported:


Para Name
Style
Normal
Alignment: Left
Center
Alignment: Centered
Right
Alignment: Right
WithSpace
Aligned left with some space before and after paragraph
NormalGrey
Aligned left with grey background
NormalGreyWithSpace
Aligned left with grey background and some space before and after paragraph
NormalLightGrey
Aligned left with light grey background
CenterWithSpace
Centered with some space before and after paragraph
GreyHeader
A header-like style with grey background
TableCaption
Aligned left with a little space after the text
Heading0
Predefined style for header on level 0
Heading1
Predefined style for header on level 1
Heading2
Predefined style for header on level 2
Heading3
Predefined style for header on level 3
Heading4
Predefined style for header on level 4
Heading5
Predefined style for header on level 5
Heading6
Predefined style for header on level 6
Heading7
Predefined style for header on level 7


Example Script: 

<Text para="Center">This text is center</Text>
<Text para="Right">This text is right</Text>
<Text para="WithSpace">This text is With Space before and after</Text>
<Text para="NormalGrey">This text is with Grey background</Text>
<Text para="NormalGreyWithSpace">This text is with grey background with space before and after</Text>
<Text para="NormalLightGrey">This text is with light grey background</Text>
<Text para="CenterWithSpace">This text is with centered with space before and after</Text>
<Text para="GreyHeader">This text is with Grey background</Text>
<Text para="TableCaption">This text is aligned left wit a little space after the text</Text>
<Text>Last Row (Normal)</Text>


Example Result: 


What's Next? 

Refer to the Help for more information on text and paragraph styles, for example, how to apply them to table content and table headers.