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Choose a Format

You can select the format that the document or report instance is saved in when it is generated. This format is saved to the destination you have selected. You can select from the following formats:

Web Intelligence

• Web Intelligence
• Microsoft Excel
• Adobe Acrobat
• Plain text
• Rich text

Crystal Reports

• Crystal Reports
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Excel (Data Only)
• Microsoft Word (RTF)
• PDF
• Rich Text
• Microsoft Word - Editable (RTF)
• Plain Text
• Paginated Text
• Tab-separated Text
• Separated Values
• XML

Notes:

• The difference between Excel and Excel (Data only) is that Excel attempts to preserve the look and feel of your original report, while Excel (Data only) saves only the data, with each cell representing a field.
• The Tab-separated Values format places a tab character between values; the Separated Values format places a specified character between values.
• If you choose to print the report when it is scheduled (by checking the Print in Crystal Reports format using the selected printer when scheduling check box on the Print Setup page), the report instance is automatically sent to the printer in Crystal Reports format. This does not conflict with the format you select when scheduling the report.
• For Excel, Paginated Text, Tab-separated Values, and Character-separated Values, you specify certain formatting properties for the report. For example, if you select Character-separated Values, you can enter characters for the separator and delimiter; you can also select the two check boxes: Same number formats as in report and Same date formats as in report.