It will
disappear when this button is clicked again. We can move tables on the scratchboard
by dragging and dropping??”the coordinates will change, accordingly. The
appearance of the tables on the scratchboard provides a rough guide to the final PDF
output. Some people prefer to see only the table names (without every column name)
on the scratchboard. This can be done by unchecking the Column names checkbox
and clicking Save.
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When we are satisfied with the layout, we must click Save.
Displaying a Page
The last section of the screen is the PDF report-generation dialog. This is also
available from the Operations sub-page of the Database view, now that we have
created a page:
The available options are:
Show grid: The schema will have a grid layer with coordinates displayed.
Show color: The links between tables, table names, and special columns
(primary keys and display fields) will be in color.
Show dimensions of tables: The visual dimension of each table in the table
title (for example, 32x30) will be displayed.
Display all tables with same width? All tables will be displayed using the
same width. (Normally, the width adjusts itself according to the length of the
table and column names.)
Data Dictionary: The data dictionary, which was covered earlier in this
chapter, will be included at beginning of the report.
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