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Customize the Standard Reports

You can customize any of the standard reports. For example, you can change titles, colors, logos and fonts to meet your needs. You must open a report in Crystal Reports Designer XI to make changes. Every report is has a corresponding .rpt file. You open this file to customize the report.

To customize a standard report

1. Open the .rpt file you want to customize in Designer.

   The Design view of the report appears.

2. Do any of the following:
   • To change the report's title, click File, Summary Info and enter a title in the Title field.
   • To customize text, highlight the desired text in the Design view and double-click it to edit.
   • To change the way the text looks, right-click on the text in an open report, select Format text, and change the properties as desired.
3. Save the custom .rpt file.

   The new custom report is saved and ready to be published.