Printing larger rows in blank report

Question

I have a training log that managers can print out when holding training. There is a pre-populated one that fills out spots for current employees and adds blanks at the end and one that is completely blank. On the pre-populated one, I can alter the size of the text and corresponding lines just fine by altering the style of the text. The same technique does not work for the blank report. The managers want to have more room on the blank log, as the default size isn't large enough for many people to fill out.
Here's the query I'm using:
WORKS
select EMP_ID, EMP_LNAME, EMP_FNAME, NULL as DT, NULL as SIGNATURE
  from EMPLOYEES
where ORG_ID = :P1727_ORG_ID
   and ACTIVE = 1
union all
select NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL
from dual
connect by rownum <= :P1727_BLANKSDOESN'T WORK
select NULL as EMP_ID, NULL as EMP_LNAME, NULL as EMP_FNAME
     , NULL as DT, NULL as SIGNATURE
from dual
connect by rownum <= :P1727_BLANKSand the stylesheet:
<style>
#EMP_ID      {width: 60px;
        font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:1em;}
#EMP_LNAME   {width:120px}
#EMP_FNAME   {width: 80px}
#DT          {width:120px}
#SIGNATURE   {width:320px}
</style>I have tried selecting a no-breaking space for a column value instead of a null and no change. I even tried renaming all the columns and creating a new set of styles for the second report - no change. I can't find a table attribute that allows me to statically set the height of the row - it seems to be based on content. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Use a print media style sheet and specify the dimensions using a physical unit.
Give the blank form report a static region ID for use in CSS selectors (e.g. <tt>blank-form</tt>), and a style sheet like:
<style type="text/css" media="print">
  .report-table is class from report template
#blank-form .report-table tr {
  min-height: 1cm;
  height: 1cm; /* for IE quirks mode */
#blank-form #EMP_ID {
  width: 2cm;
#blank-form #EMP_FNAME,
#blank-form #EMP_LNAME {
  width: 5cm;
#blank-form #DT {
  width: 3cm;
#blank-form #SIGNATURE {
  width: 7cm;
</style>Also use non-breaking spaces as previously suggested.