How to: Add and Modify a Rectangle (Report Builder 2.0)
Add a rectangle to your report when you want a graphical element to separate areas of the report, emphasize areas of a report, or provide a background for one or more report items. Rectangles are also used as containers to help control the way data regions render in a report. You can customize the appearance of a rectangle by editing rectangle properties such as the background and border colors.
To add a rectangle
On the Insert tab, in the Report Items group, click Rectangle.
On the design surface, click the location where you want the upper left corner of the rectangle, and drag to where you want the lower-right corner.
Note that as you move the cursor, "snap lines" appear as the cursor lines up with other objects on the design surface. These help you if you want objects to be aligned..
To create a container
Add a rectangle report item to the report.
Drag other report items into the rectangle.
Note
Dragging a rectangle around existing items does not automatically place the items within the rectangle. To place existing items in a rectangle, you must drag the items into the rectangle.
To change rectangle properties such as color, style, or weight
Select the rectangle, and then click the line color, style, or weight options in the Border section of the Home tab.
Click the arrow next to the Border button to determine which sides of the rectangle to change.
Note
If you set the line style to Double and the line width is 1 1/2 pt or narrower, the line may not appear double when you run the report in Report Builder 2.0 or in Report Manager. It will appear double when you export the report to other formats such as Microsoft Word and Acrobat PDF.