Report Designer Tips

You can use the mouse or the numeric keypad's cursor movement keys (with Num Lock turned on) to shift a row or column of previously-aligned items. Using the mouse you can move the aligned group to any location. The keypad option allows you to shift the group one pixel (i.e., a small increment on the screen) at a time to fine-tune its position. If Snap Item to Grid is turned on, the group is shifted one grid intersection at a time instead of one pixel.

Select (always use ALT+Click) the aligned items that you want to fine-tune; in this case, the reference item has no importance.

The following applies to the keypad option:

Keypad Key	Action
8	Shift the group up
2	Shift the group down
4	Shift the group left
6	Shift the group right

Caution: Be careful not to click anywhere outside of the design panel (not even on the popup menu or toolbar buttons) while you press Num Lock and begin using the cursor keys. If you click anywhere outside of the design panel, fine-tune positioning will not work properly. To avoid clicking outside of the design panel, use keypad keys instead of toolbar buttons for the following:

Keypad Key	Tool Replaced	Action
5		Turns on/off "Snap-Items-to-Grid"
+		Increase grid size
-		Decrease grid size
*		Turn grid on/off
Esc		Cancel selections

To Re-Position an Aligned Group of Items:

1. ALT+Click to select each item in the group.
2. Position the cursor over one of the items in the group, and then depress the left mouse button. Drag the group to its new position; or press Num Lock and use cursor-movement keys on the numeric keypad.
3. Once the adjustment is complete, use the Cancel Selection tool to cancel selected items.
4. If you switched Num Lock on at step 2, press it again to switch it off.

To create a horizontal rule of any length:

1. Click to create a label.
2. At the Label text box, press the underline key on the keyboard until the line is as long as you want (check the line's length in the preview area above the design panel).
3. To increase the line's weight (thickness), select a larger font size and click the Bold tool .
4. Add the label to the design panel.
5. Once positioned, you can centre the line between the left and right margins (right click to view the popup menu, then select "Centre Horiz. on Page"); or centre-align the rule in a column with other items.

To create a ruled section head label:

1. Click to create a label.
2. Set the size and other font characteristics.
3. Click the Underline tool .
4. At the Label text box, type the heading text. Underlining appears.
5. To extend underlining to the left of the heading text, position the cursor at the left of the heading text and then press the spacebar as many times as you wish in order to insert underlined spaces.
6. To extend underlining to the right of the heading text, position the cursor at the right of the heading text and then press the spacebar as many times as you wish in order to add underlined spaces.
7. Add the label to the design panel.

 

Instead of creating a new design from scratch, it may be simpler to modify an existing custom report and save it with a new name. See Editing and Deleting Report Designs.

 

Custom reports allow only one listing per page. If you want to display several listings on a page, use TMLS' standard thumbnail report formats.

 

Report Designer displays in a separate browser window. You can minimize the window (click ), navigate to other TMLS functions, then return to Report Designer. Click the Report Designer icon at the Windows task bar (at the bottom of the screen), to re-open the Report Designer window.

 

You can place your photo and/or office logo in a report design if you have sent them to MLS to be stored in the TMLS system.

Salesperson Photos: Send your photo via email to memphotos@trebnet.com as a jpeg file (.jpg) attached to the email. The format should be 90 by 120 pixels and the filename should be yourmembernumber.jpg. In addition, the subject-line of the email should read your name photo (e.g., John Smith photo). Be sure to also include your name and MLS Member number in the body of the email.

Brokerage Logos: Send your brokerage logo via email to offlogos@trebnet.com as a jpeg file (.jpg) attached to the email. The format should be 200 by 200 pixels maximum and the filename should be yoursixdigitbrokercode.jpg. In addition, the subject-line of the email should read office name logo (e.g., Real Good Real Estate logo). Be sure to also include the office name and your office Brokerage Code in the body of the email.