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Adding and editing text in your report
Fathom enables you to add a variety of text options in your customisable Fathom reports to tell a story or call out important information. To add and/or edit a text component in your report:
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Types of text components
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Text
After adding a text box or two-column text option to your report, double-click or hover over it and click on the green 'Pencil' icon.
This will allow you to type in the text component.
Formatting text
To format text, highlight any text that you have typed. You will see the following formatting options to provide emphasis, clarity, and structure to your writing.
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Placeholders
With Placeholders, you’re able to add text to your reports that references any financial or non-financial data in your actuals date range that has been defined within Fathom. This enables you to reference numbers within text without having to manually update them if you run the report again for next month or with a different company. All of the placeholders will automatically update with up-to-date data.
You can add a placeholder to your text box in two ways:
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This will open the placeholder menu where you can select any metric that has been defined within Fathom. This includes:
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Once you've selected the metric for the placeholder, you can further filter the results for that metric by selecting the date range and the type of metric data shown, including:
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Can I have variance calculations in a placeholder?
You cannot have variance calculations in a placeholder. But Key Number charts can be used to add variance figures into reports.
Observations
After adding an observation to your report, double-click or hover over it and click on the green 'Pencil' icon.
This will open the observation’s ‘Properties’ panel, where you can:
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Executive summary
You can also choose to add multiple observations at a single time by selecting 'Executive Summary' from the 'Text' tab in the sidebar. This will add a collection of 9 different observations to your report.
By default, the metrics included in the Executive Summary are:
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For more information on the definition and formula of these metrics, view our KPI Glossary.
Line, Page & Section breaks
Line Breaks
Line breaks move a reporting component to a new row in a report.
When adding a line break to your report, you'll apply it to the component you want to be in a new row. The line break will appear above the reporting component you've chosen.
Page breaks
Adding a page break to a report will move a reporting component to a new page in the PDF version of a report.
When adding a page break to your report, you'll apply it to the component you want to be on a new page. The page break will appear above the reporting component you've chosen.
Section breaks
Adding a section break to your report creates a new section with a new title. Sections are meant as an easy way to organise your report, and they can be moved around and re-ordered with the ‘Outline’ option of the Report Editor.
A section will always start on a new page.
When you hover over a section title in a report, you’re able to:
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To learn about sections in more detail, arranging them, and using sections to organise your report, please see our ‘Outline & Organise your Fathom report’ article.
Next steps
Now that you've learned about the different text components available in a custom Fathom report and how they can be customised, choose to learn about one of the other areas of reporting to continue creating your custom report:
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Want to add financial statements and/or other tables to your report? | |
Want to add commentary and other text options to your report? | |
Want to add charts and visual elements to your report? | |
Want to add several charts and tables or some of the Analysis tools with page layouts? |
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Ready to white label or add a logo to your report? |
Or is your report complete and ready to be shared or turned into a reusable template to generate scheduled reports?
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Share your reports with others or enable them to comment on reports | |
Turn your report into a custom template to generate future reports from | |
Invite others into your Fathom account to share insights |
Additional knowledge & common questions: