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4.4.2 Including a form in a reportCreate (if necessary) the file corresponding to the form.If you only have a paper copy of the form, we advise you to scan the form at 100% and to save it as an image.For the A4 format, the size of an image in 75 DPI must be 595 x 842 pixels.For A4 format, the size of an image in 150 DPI must be 1275 x 1753 pixels.Note: The authorized image formats are: ".BMP", ".JPEG", ".GIF", ".PCD", ".PSD", ".TGA", ".TIF", ".PNG", ".ICO",".EMF", ".WMF", ".CUR", ".OS2", ".PCX", ".ICW" or ".PDF".To include a form in a report:1. Display the report description: on the "Modification" pane, click the group button of the "Report" group.2. Display the "Background" tab of the report description.3. Select the image of the form or the PDF file corresponding to the form.4. If the form is a PDF file containing several pages, specify:• Whether all the pages found in the PDF file must be printed. The report editor will display all the pagesof the PDF file. The controls required by the report can be positioned on the different pages of thereport in the editor.• the page containing the form to use. This page number can be modified by programing with ..Page-Number. The report displayed in the report editor will contain a single page.5. Specify whether the image of the form must be printed or not.• If the image of the form is printed, this image will not be printed beyond the physical margins of theprinter. To print the entire image of the form, we advise you to check "Ignore the physical margins ofthe printer".• If the image of the form must not be printed with the report (when printing on a pre-printed form forexample), "Ignore the physical margins of the printer" must not be selected. Otherwise, the printed controlswill be shifted in relation to the pre-printed form.4.4.3 Image of the formThe image of the form is displayed in the background of the report in edit. The image is displayed in the backgroundof each report block.If several blocks are found in the page, you have the ability to position the image within each block accordingto the requested result.To move the image of the form displayed in each block:1. On the "Modification" pane, in the "Alignment" group, click "Move the background image". The mousecursor turns into a hand.2. Click the block where the image of the form must be moved.3. To move the image of a form for a block:• up or down: keep the mouse button down and move the mouse.• left or right: keep the mouse button and the [Shift] key down and move the mouse.4. Click "Move the background image" once again to disable the mode for moving the image of the form.Note: The mouse cursor must be moved within the block area otherwise it will not be taken into account.58Part 1: Report editor