Exporting and Publishing a Report

Instead of printing the report, you may want to export it into a file and distribute it electronically to your clients or co-workers. The Designer supports the following export formats:

Format	Description
Paged HMTL (*.htm)	Creates one HTML file for each page in the report. The HTML pages contain links that let the user navigate the report.
Drill-Down HTML (*.htm)	Creates a single HTML file with sections that can be collapsed and expanded by the user by clicking on them.
Plain HMTL (*.htm)	Creates a single HTML file with no drill-down functionality.
PDF with system fonts (*.pdf)	Creates a PDF file that can be viewed on any computer equipped with Adobe's Acrobat viewer or browser plug-ins.
PDF with embedded fonts (*.pdf)	Creates a PDF file with embedded font information for extra portability. This option significantly increases the size of the PDF file.
RTF (*.rtf)	Creates an RTF file that can be opened by most popular word processors (for example, Microsoft Word, WordPad).
RTF with fixed positioning (*.rtf)	Creates an RTF file with fixed positioning that can be opened by most popular word processors (for example, Microsoft Word, WordPad).
Microsoft Excel 97 (*.xls)	Creates an XLS file that can be opened by Microsoft Excel.
Microsoft Excel 2007/2010 Open XML (*.xlsx)	Creates an XLS file that can be opened by Microsoft Excel 2007 and later.
TIFF (*.tif)	Creates a multi-page TIFF (Tag Image File Format) file.
Text (*.txt)	Creates a plain text file.
Single Page Text (*.txt)	Creates a single-page plain text file.
Compressed Metafile (*.txt)	Creates a compressed metafile text file.

To create an export file, select File | Export from the menu and use the File Save dialog box to select the type of file you want to create, specifying its name and location.

Note: When a document is exported to the RTF or the DOCX formats with the "preserve pagination" option selected, text is placed in text boxes and the ability to reflow text in the resulting document may be limited.