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Resize Columns in Word Layouts

Resize Columns in Word Layouts

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Have you ever bothered with column widths in Microsoft Word when you wanted to edit a Business Central Report? You resize columns and thereby automatically reduce the size of the following column. What a bummer! You don’t know what I mean? Let me show you. In the GIF down here, I’m enlarging the first column “ItemNo_Line_Lbl”. As a result, the second column “Description_Line_Lbl” is automatically reduced in size. But I do not want that at all. Instead, I just want…

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Add Fields to a Word Report in Business Central

Add Fields to a Word Report in Business Central

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Well, how do I…where is the… alright, I will checkout a tutorial first. This was my reaction when someone asked me to add fields to a Word Report and I opened a Microsoft Word layout for the first time. What You Will Learn In this post you will learn how to add a field to an already existing standard report invoice in Visual Studio Code. My examples are done in a docker container with Business Central 15. Update 13.11.2020: The…

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Use a Shortcut for XML Mapping Pane in Microsoft Word

Use a Shortcut for XML Mapping Pane in Microsoft Word

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XML Mapping Pane. The first time I heard that phrase it sounded a bit shady to me. A really daunting name for a rather simple tool if you ask me. If you want to develop Microsoft Word layouts for Business Central, you better use a shortcut for the XML Mapping Pane because it is the main tool to access your dataset. Usually you have to navigate to your developer tab in Microsoft Word and then click on the button “XML…

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Show Developer Tab in Microsoft Word

Show Developer Tab in Microsoft Word

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This is one of the shortest tutorials ever because it is a very easy thing to do. When it comes to designing Business Central Reports in Microsoft Word, you will need an additional “Developer” tab in Microsoft Word. This tab includes a feature called “XML Mapping” which you need in order to access your dataset in Microsoft word. Here is how you make it visible: I assume that you already have a Visual Studio Code Project and a layout. If…

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