Crystal Reports for Rational Application Developer Designer Guide
To add borders, color, and shading
to a field
Select the field or object
that you want to format.
In the
"Properties" view, go to the appropriate
properties list, and set the properties of your choice.
For example, to add a border around
a field, go to the Border list and set the properties for top, bottom, right,
and left lines. To set a background color, go to the miscellaneous list and
chose a color from the Color dialog box.