The Column Tools Definition context ribbon contains the specific features for creating, designing, and managing columns. This ribbon will appear whenever you define a new or modify an existing Column definition.
Many of the functions available on the ribbon are also available from the pop-up menu available by using the right-click mouse button in the Column Definition workspace.
Active features on this ribbon are grouped in sections and include:
•Edit – This section contains functions to manage your Column Definition, such as adding or deleting columns. The Insert option adds a new column to the Column Definition workspace. You can select to add the new column before the point selected or at the end.
Delete will remove a selected column from the current Column Definition workspace.
•Font – This section allows you to specify the text properties of your columns’ cells, such as fonts, colors, highlighting, bold and italics.
Reset the font to the system default using the 
option next to the Font Size drop-down
menu.
•Alignment – This section allows you to specify the alignment of text in your columns.
Reset the alignment to the default using the 
option on the right side of the
Alignment section. (Data in numeric columns are right-justified by default; data
in text columns are left-justified.)
•Headers – This section contains functions such as adding, deleting or merging header rows in your Column Definition.
•Security – The Security section contains the Set Password function to add or remove passwords from your Column Definitions.
•Usage – This section contains options to show you which reports use the Column Definition and open the Report Definition directly from there. The Where Used option opens a window which displays all the places the given set is used.
The Report Definition option has several purposes:
o If the current set was opened from a report (report output, chart or definition screen), the Report Definition option will open the originating Report Definition.
o If the current set was opened manually (from the Navigation bar, for example), it brings up the Where Used option window – if multiple uses of the item in a Report Definition are found.
o If the current set was opened manually (from the Navigation bar, for example), it returns the associated Report Definition – if only one instance exists.
•View – This section provides options on how you may view your Column Definition workspace, by including the Properties Pane or the Preview Pane.