Basic Report Design - Professional SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services - page 88

To set the report margins, select Report from the drop-down list and expand the Margins item. Change
the Left, Right, Top, and Bottom margins, as shown in Figure 4-22.
Figure 4-22
Here's a quick review: The report body contains the actual report content. This area must fit within the
area defined for a page of the report. Using the Properties window, set the report dimensions to 8.5
inches wide by 11.0 inches tall with the left and right margins set to 0.25 inches each. This leaves 8.0
inches of available width for the report body. To use all of this horizontal space for report data, set the
body to be 8.0 inches wide.
With the report and margins set correctly, you can reformat the report (see Figure 4-23). For the list of
repeated data, the wizard added a table with columns bound to the four fields you exposed in the query.
Sizing these columns for optimum space is a simple matter of trial and error. The first order of business
is to select the table and resize it to fill the report body.