Editing and formatting a report : Exporting a report : How to export a report

How to export a report

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To export a report using the viewers, view the report and choose Export Content from the main toolbar menu, as shown in Figure 3-17. Export Content appears.

Figure 3-17  Exporting a report
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On Export Content using the Export Format drop-down list, select the export format.
Selecting Postscript format activates the size buttons that help determine the size of the exported file. If you choose PDF or Postscript as the export format, a few more options appear as shown in the example in Figure 3-18.
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Select Font substitution to substitute any fonts that the application cannot interpret. Font substitution is the process of using one font in place of another when the original font is not available. The classification of fonts into families enables the process of font substitution. For example, it ensures that only a sans serif font replaces another sans serif font.
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When a report contains languages that are read from left to right, such as English or French, and those that are read from right to left, such as Hebrew or Arabic, the text from both languages can be presented in the same report in the appropriate direction. This text is called bidirectional (BIDI) text. Select BIDI processing if you have a report in two or more such languages and need the data to be correctly presented in the PDF or Postscript output.
Choose OK.

Figure 3-18  Selecting options to export a report
The dialog box shown in Figure 3-19 appears. The default name assigned to the file and the file extension are visible. Choose Open with or Save to disk.

Figure 3-19  Exporting data
When you open the file, you see the report in the format that you selected.

If you need to export reports containing Flash charts or gadgets, you can use Interactive Viewer to export these reports to PDF format. The Flash charts and gadgets appear as regular charts without animation in the PDF file.

Note: If the report name begins with a special character, the default name assigned to the file is iv.