Background Colors

Background colors can be specified for Enhanced Text Reports using the Background Colors option of Setup|Job Settings|Enhanced Text Reports or for Excel reports by selecting the Use custom colors option of Run|Tables|Excel Options and clicking on the background color icon to the right of this option. The results for most of your selections will display in the example area of the Background Report Color dialog so that you can see the effects of your background color choices before processing your tables, frequency or other reports.

Choose background colors from the Background Report Colors dialog for the following:

Report background

Apply a background color to Tables reports - enable this option to specify a background color for your Tables report. Choose the background color on the Set Background Color dialog by clicking on the color box next to this option.
Apply a background color to Frequency reports - enable this option to specify a background color for your Frequency report. Choose the background color on the Set Background Color dialog by clicking on the color box next to this option. This option is not applicable to Excel reports.

Table rows

Apply a background color to the row text area - enable this option to specify a background color for the row text area on your Tables report. Choose the background color on the Set Background Color dialog by clicking on the color box next to this option. This option is enabled as the WinCross default for new jobs.
Apply a background color to the table - enable this option to specify a background color for the table area of your Tables report. You can Colorize every other row, Colorize every other line or Colorize lines by cell type. Choose the background color on the Set Background Color dialog by clicking on the color box next to these options. This option is enabled as the WinCross default for new jobs with Colorize every other row as the selected default.
Colorize lines by cell type allows you to select the cell type from the drop down list of cell types.
You can assign a different color for each cell type.
Use the Clear option to clear the background color for a selected cell type.
Apply a background color to the table statistics area - enable this option to specify a background color for the table statistics area on your Tables report. Choose the background color on the Set Background Color dialog by clicking on the color box next to this option. This option is enabled as the WinCross default for new jobs.

Table columns

Apply a background color to the banner area - enable this option to specify a background color for the banner area on your Tables report. Choose the background color on the Set Background Color dialog by clicking on the color box next to this option. This option is enabled as the WinCross default for new jobs.
Apply a background color to comparison group columns - enable this option to specify a background color for the comparison groups of your Tables report. Choose the background color on the Set Background Color dialog by clicking on the color box next to this option. This option is enabled as the WinCross default for new jobs with background colors selected for comparison Group 1 through Group 15.
Choose the comparison group (Group 1 to Group 15) from the drop down list of comparison groups. You can assign a different color for each comparison group.
Use the Clear option to clear the background color for a selected comparison group.
Select the Extend the comparison group column color into the banner and table statistics areas option to colorize the banner columns for comparison groups from the banner area down to the statistics area. If this option is not selected, the banner area retains the background color selected when the Apply a background color to the banner area option is enabled (or no background color if this option is not enabled) and the table statistics area retains the background color selected when the Apply a background color to the table statistics area option is enabled (or no background color if this option is not enabled).

IMPORTANT: Background column color for banner columns specified on the Options tab of Setup|Banners|Edit Banner overrides colors selected for comparison group columns specified here.

Clear All

Disables all Background Report Colors options. The Clear All option will disable all of the Background Report Color options but will not clear the color choices selected when these options were enabled. This allows you to reuse the previously selected background color by simply enabling the desired option.

Restore Defaults

Resets all Background Report Colors options to the WinCross defaults.