Question - report formatting

Hello,
Any idea how can i build an update form, but not formatted as a table...
So.. instead of :
column_name1, column_name2, column_name1
value 11, value12, value13 (editable)
value 21, value22, value23 (editable)
to present the data in a nicer format like:
Text text text [value11],
Text text text ljhfgiwrguh qweruhtiruhgf, [value 13]
Add your comments: (input form) [value12]
// new paragraph
Text text text [value21],
Text text text ljhfgiwrguh qweruhtiruhgf, [value 23] (
Add your comments: (editable text area) [value22]
// new paragraph
If this was discussed before, please give me the link.
Thank you
Anca

Hi Anca,
You can create a new report template based on an existing one and then modify that however you want. You can modify the existing template but you need to be aware that it may be used elsewhere.
Go to Shared Components, Templates. Either select the template you want to edit or click Create to create a new template (you get the option "As a copy of an existing template" where you can pick the existing one and copy it).
What you do then depends entirely on how you want to style the layout of your form. To start with, I would suggest only making minor changes - eg, colours, fonts etc - until you are happy that you know what you are doing.
I'm not sure what your "Comment Box" is? Is this a field on the table? Or, is it just a bit of help text? If it's text, it's best to add this into the report design (put it in the Region Footer section).
Regards
Andy

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