Design a template – Metrohm 746 VA Trace Analyzer User Manual
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3. Click on
or
VA REPORT GENERATOR / Report / Save Tem-
plate
to save a template which has been changed under the
same name.
4. Click on
VA REPORT GENERATOR / Report / Save Template As...
to save a new template or a template which has been
changed under a new name. Enter the new name and direc-
tory in the
SAVE VA DATABASE REPORT TEMPLATE
window
and click
.
Design a template
1. Click on
or
MAIN WINDOW / Window / Report Generator
. The
VA REPORT GENERATOR
window will be opened or (if it is al-
ready open) put on top.
2. Open an existing template or create a new template.
3. If the template is in read-only mode, click on
to change to
the design mode.
4. Click on
or
VA REPORT GENERATOR / Report / Page Setup...
.
Define printer, paper size, page margins, and page orienta-
tion in the tab
Page layout
.
5. Define the report type (tabular or form report) in the tab
Report
parameters
and close the
PAGE SETUP
window by clicking
.
6. Define the report regions for header, report and footer (details
see Defining template regions, page 59).
7. Select the item type which should be added by pressing
(text label),
(text field),
(segment field),
(substance field), or
(calibration field) or select the ap-
propriate menu item under
VA REPORT GENERATOR / Item /
New
(details see Design templates, page 59).
8. Add the selected item to the template by opening a frame at
the desired location while pressing the left mouse button
down.
9. Click on
or
VA REPORT GENERATOR / Item / Properties
or
select
Properties
...
in the context sensitive menu. Change the
item properties in the
PROPERTIES
window and close the win-
dow with
.
10. Move the item to the desired location by dragging while
pressing the left mouse button and resize it by dragging the
border lines or edges.