REPORT LAYOUT Discoverer Viewer AS-10g

I have a problem about report layout on Discoverer viewer AS10g.
If I have a crosstab layout and Year is my left axis and Sales and Products are my top axis, I see the label on report (Year), not only values (2003, ). I also see the label Data point(s), but I dont want to see it.
How can I reduce or delete the white space around cells of data?
a)How can I hide the label Data points?
b)How can I hide the label Year?
c)How can I reduce the white space?
Version : Oracle Discoverer AS10g

Anna,
this forum is about Oracle Forms. Please submit thsi question to the Reports or Discoverer forum on OTN.
Frank

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Hello,
I have a problem about report layout on Discoverer Viewer AS10g.
If I have a crosstab layout and "Year" is my left axis and "Sales" and "Products" are my top axis, I see the label "YEAR" on report, not only the values (2003, ). I also see the label Data point(s), but I dont want to see it.
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Frank

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