4.2 Tabular Report Layout

4.2.1 Setting up the Layout Grid

The tabular layout model is ideal for reports whose contents are partitioned into rectangular regions. Instead of a single document flow, the report is separated into multiple grid cell regions, where each cell in the grid contains a separate flow.

Figure 1. Tabular Layout Grid

 

Report elements within a single tabular region are laid out inside the region, one by one in a flow. If the elements take up more space than the space allocated for the grid cell, the cell is extended vertically, so a given cell may span multiple pages. This in turn extends other cells on the same row in the grid. Elements in a tabular cell never overflow into other cells.

Examples of tabular reports are a stock performance report or an order form with distinct regions for customer details and order items.

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