Set the Margin for the First Column

You set the margins for report pages as a whole on the Layout tab of the report Options dialog box. However, you can also set a different left margin for the first column of data if you want that column indented or offset from the left margin of the page.

To determine the position of the first column, Vision adds your entry in Left margin for first column to the entry in Left Margin on the Layout tab. For example, if you use inches and Left Margin contains 1.00 and Left margin for first column contains .25, Vision prints the report header information with a 1.00-inch margin but prints the first column 1.25 inches from the left edge of the page.

To set the margin for the first column, complete the following steps:

  1. Click the Columns tab on the Options dialog box.
  2. In Left margin for first column (below the grid), enter the number of inches or millimeters that you want the first column indented from the left margin. You enter inches or millimeters based on which one you selected in the Unit of Measure field on the Layout tab of the Options dialog box. If you use inches, use decimals for fractions of an inch (for example 0.25 or 1.20).
  3. After you set all report options, click Apply.