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Report ElementsFigure 5-3GuidelinesGuidelines are also useful to position your elements in the report. With the guidelines’ magnetic effect, it is easy to place theelements in the right position. To create a guideline, just click a ruler (vertical or horizontal) and drag the guideline to thewanted position (see Figure 5-3). By default, rulers use inches as their unit of measure. In the Options panel (Tools >Options), you can set a different unit.You can drag and change the position of a guideline at any time; this will have no effect on the element’s position.To remove a guideline, drag it to the top/left corner of the design pane.The top and left values that define the element’s position are always relative to the parent band, or, to be more accurate, to theparent container, which is usually a band but could be a frame element.If you want to move an element from its initial band to another band or a frame, or vice versa, drag the element node from theReport Inspector to the new band (or frame) node, as shown in Figure 5-4.Figure 5-4Moving an element from one band to another65