1. In the Page Layout instruction, click the Page Setup tab.
2. Select Modify Columns.
3. Select Custom widths. This lets you use the Define button.

4. Click the Define button to open the Custom column width dialog where you can set the column widths.

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• a header graphic
• a title
• a picture
• a description of the report
• a footer graphic

It assumes that you have the three graphics at the correct size for your report.

1. Click on the Snap toolbar to open the reports window.
2. Click to create a new report. You will just use this report to create a cover. You can then include it in other reports.

3. Set the name to Cover and clear the Display and Label boxes.
4. Click to add a new Page Layout instruction.
5. Check the Start New Page box. This will automatically start a new page. It is unlikely that you will have a page number on the title page so you can leave the Restart Page Numbers box clear. (You may need another Page Layout instruction before the report content starting a new page and setting the Restart Page Numbers from 1).

6. Click the Page Setup tab.
7. Check the Modify Orientation box and make sure that Portrait is selected. (This ensures that the cover page will always be in portrait orientation).
8. Check the Modify Headers, footers and thumb text box.
9. Click the Header/Footer… button to open the header footer dialog.

10. Clear all the default values of the headers and footers and click OK.
11. Click OK to close the Page Layout dialog.
12. Click to add a new Information instruction.

13. Enter the top banner graphic for your cover page using the Insert button and click OK.
14. Click to add another Information instruction and enter the title then click OK.
15. Add another Information instruction and enter the logo using the Insert button then click OK.
16. Add another Information instruction and enter any further text.
17. To create the text seen above, enter “Report date:” then format the text. Click Insert and select Date/Time field. Select Publication date from the list of available fields and click OK.

18. Then enter the text “Showing Results for:” and click Insert. Select Survey Field from the available options and select Filter as the field property. This shows any filter that has been applied to your report. Click OK to add the filter field then click OK to save your instruction.

19. Add another Information instruction and enter the lower banner graphic using the Insert button then click OK.
20. Save your report. You can now execute this report at the beginning of any other report to create a standard title page.

Remember to insert a Page Layout instruction at the top of the next part of your report that sets up a new page, new headers and a page number if required.

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A window size instruction defines the relative dimensions of subsequent analyses appearing in the report. The actual pixel dimensions of analyses may change when you resize the analysis.

1. Open your report.
2. Click New Instruction on the toolbar to add a new instruction and select Window Size. The Window Size instruction dialog opens.

3. Enter the dimensions that you would like for your image analyses. Click Set Custom to open an adjustable window where you can specify the size.
4. Click OK to add your instruction to the report.
5. Click to save the report.

Hints and tips

• To place analyses in the middle of the page, set max scale to 50% – the analyses will expand to fill 50% of the available space, placing it in the middle.
• The screen resolution at which a PDF report is viewed will also affect the appearance of charts.
• Set to standard size unless you are know the size used to view your reports.

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The distance from the edge of the headers/footers to the report content is set in the report border margins (shown in light red in the image below).

Border margins are only used if you have enabled a report border.

If you want a full width header or footer (for example, including a banner graphic) but you do not want the report content to be full width, you will need to set the page margins to position the header/footer, and the border margin to position the report content (using a transparent border).

The picture below shows the page margin set to 0 at the right and left so you can use the full width of the page

1. Click on the toolbar to add a new instruction and select Page Layout. The Page Layout instruction dialog opens. Select the Page Setup tab.

2. Select Margins and Borders and click the Margin/Border button to open the Report Borders dialog
3. Set the Left and Right page margins to 0
4. Set the Top and Bottom page margins to the height of your header and footer graphics.
5. Set the Right and Left border margins to the width you would like between the page edges and the report text

6. Set the Page Border to a style and set the Border Colour to Transparent.

7. Click OK to close the dialog.
8. Select Headers, footers and thumb text and click the Headers/Footers button to open the Headers/Footers dialog.

9. Remove any unwanted default text, and then click in the central footer pane.
10. Click the Insert button and browse for your footer graphic. Check that the Zoom is set correctly, and then click OK.

11. Click OK to save your new footer, then click OK to save your page layout instruction.
12. Run your report with the new page layout instruction.

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1. Click on the toolbar to add a new instruction and select Page Layout. The Page Layout instruction dialog opens.
2. Select the Page Setup tab.

3. Select Margins and Borders and click the Margin/Border button to open the Report Borders dialog

4. Change the margin dimensions to the values you need.

5. Click OK to save your margins.
6. Click OK to save your instruction.

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Click on the toolbar to add a new instruction and select Page Layout.

3. Select Modify Columns.
4. Select Custom widths and click Define… to open the Custom column widths dialog.
5. Enter the number of columns that you want (defaults to number of equal width columns).
6. Enter the width of the gap you desire between all your columns.
7. Drag the column dividers to set your columns.
8. If you need to set precise widths,
   • start at the left hand column
   • drag the right-hand column divider until the column is slightly larger than you wish
   • enter the percentage width in the column width field.
9. Click OK to save your columns.
10. Click OK to save your instruction.

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1. Click on the toolbar to add a new instruction and select Page Layout. The Page Layout instruction dialog opens. Select the Page Setup tab.

2. Select any item that you wish to change on the left, and make the changes to that item on the right.
3. Click OK to save your instruction.

Other example layouts –

Hints and tips

Add a page break at the beginning of each page. This ensures page layout for one section does not overlap into another.

Use the text grid instruction to insert text tables.

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1. In the Reports window, click New Report . In Name type BlankPage or a similar identifier.
2. Click New Instruction and select Page Layout. The Page Layout instruction dialog opens.
3. Select the Start New Page check box. This ensures that this sub-report will always start on a new page.

4. Click OK to save your instruction.
5. Click New Instruction and select Information. The Information instruction dialog opens.
6. Leave the Title and contents blank and click OK to add your instruction to the report.
7. Click to save the report.
8. Select the default Tailor Analysis instruction at Number 1 and click Delete Instruction .
9. Click to save the report.
10. Insert an Execute instruction and execute this report whenever a blank page is needed.

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You can place a running header or footer in your report by using a Page Layout instruction. This also allows you to put thumb text in your report. (This is text that runs vertically in the margin of your report).

1. Click Reports on the Snap XMP Desktop toolbar to open the Reports window.
2. Double-click to open the report where you want to add a header or footer.
3. Click New Instruction and click Page Layout.
4. In the Page Layout dialog click the Page Setup tab and select the Headers, Footers and Thumb text check box.

5. Click Header/Footer to open the Header/Footers dialog. It opens with the default values shown.

The header and footer each consist of the three areas (left, centre and right). The header or footer may contain:

• free format text
• survey fields (auto text)
• date and time of printing/publication
• images

The contents can be formatted using the format buttons and fields at the top of the dialog to set the font name, size, style and color. The justification is fixed for each area.

Inserting a field

Click Insert to add the following fields:

Thumb text

Thumb text runs from bottom to top in the margin. You can use it to include titles for different parts of your report. By default it appears in the right margin of every page.

1. In the Thumb Text box type the text you want to appear.
2. In the Margin box select the position of the thumb text.

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