Line Properties

Also see chapter Common Object Properties.

Property

Description

Value

Description

Show in Designer

With this property, you can hide lines in the workspace – this is very useful if you have a lot of line definitions.

True

False

Formula

Yes

No

Formula wizard

Default font

You can set the default font for the entire table row. Newly inserted columns are created with this font.

Font dialog

Spacing

Here you define the top, bottom, right and left spacing of the line. The "top" or "bottom" values result in a corresponding space between the individual table rows. With the "left" and "right" spacing values, you can specify the margin in relation to the table object, i.e. you can indent lines or columns.

Formula

Formula wizard

Anchor to row

Index (1-based) of the row, whose position will be anchored with the starting position of the selected row. 0=no anchoring. This fun­ction is not supported by all export formats.

Number

Formula wizard

 

Anchor

Describes if the line is printed at the start or the end of a reference line.

True

False

Top

Bottom

Line Group Index

Successive lines with the same line group index (greater than 0) are held together if possible, provided this has been activated for the table under 'Data Lines > Keep Line Definitions Together > Line Groups'.

Number

Formula wizard