How to create a banner template using Banner Templates from Variable Data

Step 2 - For this example, we will build a demographic banner and leave Section 1 as "Total".

Step 3 - Select Add Section to add Section 2.

Step 4 - Let's create a section for this banner of education within gender.

Highlight the variable GENDER in the list of variables and select Add Selected Variable.
The Add Variable dialog is displayed and allows you to make changes to the Variable label, Value labels and Logic.

For this example, we will not make any changes for the variable GENDER. Select OK to close the Add Variable dialog.
Staying in Section 2, let's add the EDUCATION variable to get education within gender. Highlight the EDUCATION variable in the variable list and select Add Selected Variable.

For this variable, we don't need the Variable label so deselect the Automatically insert the variable label in a cell that spans the variable's columns option under the Variable label.
We also want to combine some education code values together so let's highlight Some high school or less and High school diploma or G.E.D. and select Combine Values.

Change the Value Label for the combined value labels to High school diploma or less.
Select OK to close the Add Variable dialog.
You can now see that Section 2 is a combination of EDUCATION within GENDER.

Step 5 - Let's preview how the banner looks.

To preview how the banner looks with Section 1 and Section 2 completed, select Preview.
Notice that there are no underlines for banner column text or banner heading text and that some columns aren't wide enough to accommodate all of the banner text with sensible line breaks.

Step 6 - Next, we will add underlines and increase the banner column width for Section 2.

Verify that Section 2 is the selected tab.
Select the dropdown list for Column width and change the selection to 13. The Column Width setting is applied per section so our increase to a column width of 13 will only be applied to Section 2. The "Total" column in Section 1 will remain as a column width of 10.
Select Underline All Items to add underlines for banner text and banner headings. This option applies to all sections regardless of which section is currently selected.

Step 7 - Let's preview how the banner looks after the changes to Column Width and Underline All Items.

Select Preview to view how the banner looks with the Column width and Underline All Items changes.
Select OK to close the Full Banner Preview dialog.

Step 8 - After previewing the banner, let's change the Label for "Gender" to "Education within Gender" to be a little more descriptive.

With Section 2 still the selected tab, highlight GENDER Label: "Gender" in the Banner items list box.
Select Edit Item.

Step 9 - Next, we will save the banner template and add the banner to the job file.

Select Save Template As to save this banner as a template for future use. This is especially useful if you have a customer that uses the same banner format for most of their jobs. Once saved, you can load the Banner Template and add it to a new or existing job file.
Enter a file name in the File name field and select Save. Banner Templates by default are saved in C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\WinCross\Banner Templates.

You can now select the new banner in Setup|Tables|Edit Banner and add banner options, weighting and significance testing if desired.