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## Overview

Once the data and output styles have been defined through the report wizard you can define the formatting options on the output page to create presentation quality reports.

## Menu Items

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The main format menu provides you with access to all the data related formatting options. The formatting options are only visible if the report is in DRAFT mode – once ACTIVE the active menu will be displayed with additional report management features.

| **Icon** | **Menu Item** | **Description** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ![image](media://6864c458-4162-403d-a04e-a4e5899630e6) | **Hide Table** | This allows you to hide the tabular display in the report, showing only chart(s).   
<span style="color: #cc0000">**Note:**</span> the report must contain a report for this option to be available. |
| ![image](media://fe476468-79ff-4c09-b499-a46bf52ea542) | **Show Table** | This allows you to display a hidden table in the report output, showing chart(s) and table.  
<span style="color: #cc0000">**Note:**</span> the report must contain a report for this option to be available. |
| ![image](media://41ed9978-20a2-4e92-ae98-93300e5651b6) | **Report Formatting** | This menu allows you to apply formatting changes that affect the report as a whole. See [Report Formatting](https://yellowfin.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/yfcurrent/pages/2204603) for more information. |
| ![image](media://0c90ff1d-26f0-4967-812c-db1f92430056) | **Column Formatting** | This menu allows you to apply formatting changes that affect a single field, rather than the whole report. See [Column Formatting](https://yellowfin.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/yfcurrent/pages/2197024) for more information. |
| ![image](media://967bfc38-3e81-4dbb-9d59-74bcd9af132e) | **Conditional Formatting** | This menu allows you to apply alerts to a field based on defined conditions. See [Conditional Formatting](https://yellowfin.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/yfcurrent/pages/2199746) for more information. |
| ![image](media://44d9d768-3487-427c-a0f3-333cafa6a831) | **Section Formatting** | This menu allows you to apply formatting changes that affect to the way sections are displayed. See [Section Formatting](https://yellowfin.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/yfcurrent/pages/2195667) for more information. |
| ![image](media://fe54f6de-955e-4bb8-aabb-2109af80b385) | **Related Reports Formatting** | This menu allows you to apply formatting changes that affect the way [Co-Display Reports](https://yellowfin.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/yfcurrent/pages/2196210) are displayed. See [Related Reports Formatting](https://yellowfin.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/yfcurrent/pages/2200275) for more information. |
| ![image](media://723d734d-0e2a-45a6-b31e-50e06d8e7804) | **Filter Formatting** | This menu allows you to apply formatting changes that affect the way filters are displayed. See [Filter Formatting](https://yellowfin.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/yfcurrent/pages/2204332) for more information. |
| ![image](media://956d4b86-74ab-4398-8a8a-df89eea758fb) | **Annotation** | This menu allows you to view and create annotations. See [Report Annotation](https://yellowfin.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/yfcurrent/pages/2199444) for more information. |

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