Drawing the Layout Grid
Walkthrough
For this example, you will create the following layout:

To create the grid shown above, follow the steps below:
1. Create a new blank tabular report. (See Creating a Blank Report Template.)

2. Click the 'Layout View' button in the toolbar to enter Layout mode. By default, the report has just one grid cell.
There are many approaches to arrive at the same layout. The steps shown here are just one possiblility.
3. Right-click the existing cell, and select 'Insert Row' from the context menu. This adds a narrow row at top.
4. Right-click the larger cell, and select 'Insert Rows/Columns'from the context menu. Specify (as shown below) that you want to add two rows after the current selection, and click 'OK'.

5. Resize the rows by dragging the cell borders to match the size of the rows that you want.

6. Right-click the second row, and select 'Split Cell'. Specify (as shown) that you want to split into two columns.

7. Right-click the bottom cell, and select 'Split Cell'. Specify that you want to split the cell into three columns.

8. Drag across the two left cells (of the bottom row) to select them both.
9. Right-click in either of the selected cells and choose '.

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