You can use top and bottom margins of the table to manage the table style. It could be useful if you need additional space between header/footer and the Conditional Area in a particular form.

In this exercise, we will add additional space for transfer from/to labels/sums on the top and the bottom of the Conditional Area.

Exercise

Download and import the attached configuration called 21. Tables (Margins) in Lasernet Developer 9. Afterwards, go to the Forms section and open the Sample form.

1. Select a rearrange in the Amount column on the First Page tab.

2. On the Developer toolbar, click Calculation, and then click Subtotal CurrentPage.

A subtotal has been added relative to the bottom of the Conditional Area.

You can now insert a margin in the body of the table to include the subtotal in the table.

3. Open the Table Properties dialog and switch to the Body tab. Make sure that the First radio button is selected in the Current Page group box.

4. Set Bottom Margin to 5 mm.

5. In the Current Page group box, select the Middle radio button.

6. Set Bottom Margin to 5 mm.

7. Click Ok to confirm changes.

8. In the output, switch to the First Page tab and use the Text tool to insert the Transfer to next page text at the bottom of the page.

9. Edit the text properties. To this end, open the Edit Rearrange dialog and switch to the Position tab. Set Relative to to Bottom of cond. area (Absolute).

10. Set the Y position to 4 mm and the Font style to Bold .

11. Select the added objects, right-click the selection, and then select First and Middle for Absolute.