Setting Overflow Options in the Document Composer

When executing a report, the area that flows outside of the original bounding rectangle is considered the overflow. The following image is an example of the bounding rectangle in the Design View of the Document Composer.

You can set the size and overflow of a report object to control the overflow at run time. Fixed and Flowing overflow options are available through the Properties window.

Note: These options only apply to report objects. There are no size and overflow properties for graphs, images, text, or lines.

The following image is an example of a report with fixed overflow in the Design View.

The following image is the report output with fixed overflow. The PDF Pages view shows how the report output maintains the size and position of the report object in Design View.

The following image is an example of a report with flowing overflow in the Design View.

The following image is the report output with flowing overflow. The PDF Pages view shows how the report fills the page, based on the flow margins, at run time.


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