Report Elements and Properties
To ensure a professional and consistent visual appearance of Microsoft Dynamics NAV reports, we recommend designing according to the standard report templates: Document Report, List Reportand Grouped List Report. This includes choosing the right page sizes, fonts, styles, margins, and colors when designing and modifying reports.
Report design
We recommend using the following settings for report elements and properties when using the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Report Designer.
| Element or property | Setting |
|---|---|
Page Setup |
A4 Portrait: Left 2 cm, Right 1 cm, Top 1 cm, Bottom 1 cm A4 Landscape: Left 1 cm, Right 1 cm, Top 2 cm, Bottom 1 cm Letter Portrait/Landscape: All margins 0.5 in Tabloid Portrait/Landscape: All margins 0.5 in |
Body Section Width |
A4: Portrait 18x27.7 cm, Landscape 27.7x18 cm Letter: Portrait 7.5x10 in, Landscape 10x7.5 in Tabloid: 10x16 in, Landscape 16x10 in |
Header/Footer Size |
Varies depending on amount of content |
Report Title in Header Section |
Font: Segoe UI, 14 pt, Bold Cell Height: 20 pt Padding: Cell Padding, Left 5 pt, Right 5 pt, Top 0 pt, Bottom 0 pt Text Alignment (document reports): Right Text Alignment (other reports): Left |
Headlines in Body Section |
Font: Segoe UI, 8 pt, Bold Cell Height: 10 pt Padding: Cell Padding, Left 5 pt, Right 5 pt, Top 0 pt, Bottom 0 pt |
All Other Text |
Font: Segoe UI, 8 pt, Regular Cell Height: 10 pt Padding: Cell Padding, Left 5 pt, Right 5 pt, Top 0 pt, Bottom 0 pt |
Spacing below Header Section |
Height: 20 pt |
Line Spacing |
Placed in Grid: 10 pt spacing |
Table Header (Create as 4 rows) |
Row 1: Caption in Bold Row 2: Height 2.5 pt, Border Bottom, Black, Solid, Width 1 pt Row 3: Height 2.5 pt Row 4: First line in table |
Tables Content |
Cell Height: 10 pt Cell Padding: Left 5 pt, Right 5 pt, Top 0 pt, Bottom 10 pt Vertical Align for Cells: Top (Default) If row below is indented: Add 10 pt to Left Padding |
Cell Colors |
List and Grouped List Reports: Alternate Background = mod 2, “WhiteSmoke”, “White” |
Logo |
Height: 40 pt Spacing below Logo: 10 pt |
Text Alignment |
Numeric/decimal fields: Right Text/Code fields: Left Date/Time fields: Left |
Link Color |
Blue (no underline) |
Chart |
Palette: BrightPastel |