Mặc dù báo cáo Crystal thường được sử dụng cho các sáng kiến báo cáo Web, môi trường thiết kế được xây dựng trên một phép ẩn dụ giấy với các trang như là một khái niệm để tạo điều kiện thuận lợi cho việc trình bày thông tin. | Although Crystal Reports is commonly used for Web reporting initiatives the design environment is built on a paper metaphor with pages as a concept to facilitate the presentation of information. Report sections can contain a variety of different object types including database field text picture chart and map objects. Additional objects such as formula and sub-report objects are also positioned within report sections and will be covered later in the book in greater detail. The Section Expert is used to view or modify the properties of the report sections. To access the Section Expert perform one of the following actions Right-click on the section s label or name located on the left sidebar you want to work with and then select Section Expert from the pop-up menu. Click on the Section Expert button. Select the Section Expert option from the Format menu. When designing reports you should consider the following items when working with report sections It is good practice to print a test page of each report you are designing. Consider keeping all font sizes the same within each section. Although Crystal Reports is commonly used for Web reporting initiatives the design environment is built on a paper metaphor with pages as a concept to facilitate the presentation of information. Report sections can contain a variety of different object types including database field text picture chart and map objects. Additional objects such as formula and sub-report objects are also positioned within report sections and will be covered later in the book in greater detail. The Section Expert is used to view or modify the properties of the report sections. To access the Section Expert perform one of the following actions Right-click on the section s label or name located on the left sidebar you want to work with and then select Section Expert from the pop-up menu. Click on the Section Expert button. Select the Section Expert option from the Format menu. When designing reports you should .