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6.5.7 Using an off-report controlIn most cases, the controls belong to a report. Therefore, these controls appear in the report in edit modeand at run time.You also have the ability to position a control in the home window of a report: the control is "off-report". Thiscontrol will be visible in edit only. This control will not be printed.An "off-report" control enables you, for example, to store a report control without printing it. This allows you touse the content of the control in programming (like a variable).To create an "off-report" control :1. On the "Creation" pane, click the type of control to create.2. Click the left section of the home window where the control must be created.6.6 Aligning the report controlsThe report editor proposes several methods for aligning the controls found in your report :• the alignment options.• the real-time interface checker (automatic positioning).•the zoom.• the rulers and the markers.• the snap-on grid.This paragraph presents the different methods for aligning the controls found in a report. See the online help(keyword: "Alignment") for more details.6.6.1 Alignment optionsThe alignment options enable you to optimize the alignment of the controls in a report. These options areused to align several controls found in the report.To align 2 controls or more:1. Select the controls to align (see “Selecting one or more controls”, page 82).Part 1: Report editor 85