Details are very important in graphical designing. A nice report can be much more appealing and appreciated by managers than neglected stuff.
Table Column Headers
You might want to align headers with the column content as well as highlight them with a different color:
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- Background color: gray
- Text: Bold
- Text: Aligned to left
Report Layout
By default the BIRT report's Layout Preference is Fixedand the report displayed similarly as in the BIRT Report Designer. This might produce unnecesay space between some report elements like columns or the table and the right border.
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Select the report at the top of the Outline view and scroll down the General properies until the preferred layout become visible. Then select the Auto Layout option.
Text Wrapping
By default, texts are wrapped to fid the column width like the Issue link, status lozenge and summary in the example:
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Now the report looks a bit better:
Title
With the report selected on the Outline view, set the Title to My First Report in the General Properties editor:
Pagination
Set the Page Break Interval property to 10 lines:
