Style Maintenance
Use this form to format the text and numbers in your reports.
You can specify different formatting for when reports are viewed in Greentree Desktop and on the web versus when they are exported to Excel.
When exporting to Excel you can also specify styles for the page header, column headings and footer.
Existing styles can be copied to create a one then edited.
Each row in your report has a style assigned.
You must create styles for all formatting combinations you require. For example, if a heading is to be bold and underlined but a sub-heading is only to be bold, these must be set up as two separate formats.
Note: The user must have been defined as a Library User to view this menu.
These style maintenance options are available:
Code
Enter a code to represent the style, up to 30 alphanumeric characters.
Description
Enter an extended description for the style.
Excel Formatting
Text/Border/Fill
Font
Select the font for any text on this row.
Size
Select the font size. This applies to text and numbers.
Alignment
Select the way in which data is aligned in the cell.
Colour
Select the colour you want text and numbers to appear.
Style
Click to add bold, italics, or underlining to the text and numbers.
Row Height
Specify the height of a row. Select this option if you have chosen a large font size or if you are wrapping text.
Wrap text
Select this option if text is to wrap and fit in the specified column width.
Override Column Style
A column style overrides a row style unless this box is checked.
Border Width
Select the width of any borders specified.
Style
Select the type of border to apply to rose with this style. Borders do not apply to headings.
Colour
Select the colour for the border.
Fill Method
If you want the background of the cell to be coloured, select Pattern.
Back colour
Select the colour for the background of the cell.
Style
Only option is solid.
Number Format
Apply this format
Select None, Numeric, or Custom. Select Custom to specify your own format.
Override Column Style
Select this option if the intersection of column and row should use this style not any specified on the row.
Negative style
Select from a negative sign or brackets for negated numbers
Red
Select this option for negated numbers to be displayed in red font.
Sign
Select:
- Normal - Displays as the number is saved.
- Negative - Displays the opposite of how it is saved
- Absolute - Always show as a positive.
Display ... decimal places
Type the number of decimal places you want displayed.
Display this currency symbol
Type the currency symbol if you want one shown in excel
at the
Select from start or end for the currency symbol.
Don't display the decimal point
Select this option if you do not want to display a decimal point
Don't display anything if zero
Check this to have zero value left blank
Include commas
Check this to have the comma separated shown for numbers over 1000
Display in thousands
Check this to display the number in 1,000s
Greentree Formatting
Start Tag
Enter an HTML tag to indicate the style that are applied to the row when it displays using WebView. You can have multiple tags for any row. Each tag should be typed between < > signs, and you do not need spaces between tags.
End Tag
Enter an HTML tag to indicate the Start style is no longer applicable when the end of the row is reached. These tags are processed at the end of each row. To remove formats, type the tag with a / in front.
Note: Remove formats at the end of each line, otherwise you can end up with a mixture of styles on subsequent rows. For example, if you have a <bold> start tag on one row and don't remove it, then this row prints in bold, even though you perhaps only wanted that row to print in italics.
For numeric value lines, these formatting options are available:
Currency Sign
Enter the character to use to represent currency printed on rows.
Decimal Format
Select the decimal format to apply if values have decimal places.
Blank if Zero
Select this option if you do not want to print zero values.
Negative Sign
Choose whether you want negative values to be represented by a minus sign or with brackets.
Negate in Red
Select this option if you want a negative number to be red, while positive numbers are the usual font colour.
Common Tags
These HTML tags are used:
Purpose |
Start Tag |
End Tag |
Bold |
b |
/b |
Set font size |
font size =10 |
/font |
Underline |
u |
/u |
Set font colour |
font color = red |
/font |
Other Tab
Options Reference
Each option and field on the form is described below. Mandatory options and fields are highlighted in red.
Allow Drill Down
Select this option to drill down to general ledger accounts (and related transactions) that make up a value on financial reports.
Note: You can set up two styles that are the same, except one allows drill down and one does not.
For example, users may generally be allowed to drill down on expense values, but you don't want them to drill down to see the details of the wages and salaries expense. You only want them to see the total value.
Suppress Narration
Select this option if you do not want the user to see narrations when they drill down to transaction detail.
Exclude accounts with no transactions
Select this option if you do not want to display accounts that don't have any transactions.