Table Text Formatting

Feature

Starting with Goldenseal business software version 3.3, you can change the font, font size, font color and text style in data entry breakdown tables and report tables. You can change the title row separately from the regular data rows.

Suggested By

It's been on our to-do list for years!

How to Use

To change text in a data entry table, follow these steps:

  1. Choose Custom Layouts from the Options menu, and choose Transactions from the submenu.
  2. Use the popup fields at upper left to locate the desired layout that contains a breakdown table.
  3. Double-click in any column of the table (click in the title row to change the title appearance, or click in the body of the table to change the regular data rows).
  4. Choose Font from the Text menu to change the font. Choose Font Size from the Text menu to change the font size. Choose a text style to change the text to bold, italic or other styles. Choose Color from the Text menu to change the text color.
  5. When you have the appearance you like, choose Save from the File menu.

Technical Details

Tables have stored font info for years, but we finally wrote the code to draw the text styles on the screen or printer.