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title: Advanced Layouts Guide
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# Advanced Layouts Guide

## Advanced layouts can be applied to interactive reports to add stylistic features and emphasise key content.

**Read this article to understand:**

- Before applying advanced layouts
- Apply palettes to content
- Add a new section
- Add a background image
- Add a new layout-block
- Add a color palette to an entire chapter

### Before Applying Advanced Layouts

Advanced Layouts can be applied in the report editor to any pre-existing interactive content. Instructions on how to create and upload an interactive report can be found [here.](https://guide.contentcatalyst.com/hc/en-gb/articles/212188906-creating-an-interactive-report-from-a-word-document?hsLang=en)

1\. To apply layouts you first need to get to the **chapter editor** page of a report via:

**Admin \> Reports \> Select your specific report \> Content**

![image 56](https://guide.contentcatalyst.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image%2056.png?quality=high&width=688&height=384&name=image%2056.png)

2\. You then need to double-click on the report you would like to apply layouts to:

![image 58](https://guide.contentcatalyst.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image%2058.png?quality=high&width=688&height=388&name=image%2058.png)

### Applying palettes to content

1\. Select the content block that you want to apply the palette to, by clicking any text in that section. A yellow border highlights which content can be selected. 

![image 59](https://guide.contentcatalyst.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image%2059.png?quality=high&width=688&height=388&name=image%2059.png)

2\. Select the layout options button in the toolbar menu. 

![Group 23-1](https://guide.contentcatalyst.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Group%2023-1.png?quality=high&width=688&height=389&name=Group%2023-1.png)

3\. Select any column layout from the layouts section.

![Group 24-2](https://guide.contentcatalyst.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Group%2024-2.png?quality=high&width=688&height=390&name=Group%2024-2.png) 

4\. Select any color palette from the styles section of the layout options menu.

![Group 25-1](https://guide.contentcatalyst.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Group%2025-1.png?quality=high&width=688&height=389&name=Group%2025-1.png)

5\. The block will be styled according to the palette, any top-level headings will take the title color from the palette, all content will take the text color and the background will be set.

**🔔 NOTE: Title color only applies to top-level headings (h2s).**

**🔔 NOTE: The palette colors are designed beforehand for each site. To change them will require assistance from Content Catalyst (including a site update).**

### Add a new section

You can add a new section within advanced layouts. All new sections require a title.

![Group 26-2](https://guide.contentcatalyst.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Group%2026-2.png?quality=high&width=688&height=387&name=Group%2026-2.png)

1\. Select the 'Add section' on the main content toolbar.

![Group 27-2](https://guide.contentcatalyst.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Group%2027-2.png?quality=high&width=688&height=390&name=Group%2027-2.png)

2\. Add the title and then add the required content. 

### Adding a background image

1\. Select 'Edit background image' from the layout options menu.

![Group 28-2](https://guide.contentcatalyst.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Group%2028-2.png?quality=high&width=688&height=389&name=Group%2028-2.png)

2\. Choose a file and upload it.

![image 66](https://guide.contentcatalyst.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image%2066.png?quality=high&width=688&height=389&name=image%2066.png)

3\. Change the opacity of the image as required (click 'ok' to see)

![Group 29-1](https://guide.contentcatalyst.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Group%2029-1.png?quality=high&width=688&height=388&name=Group%2029-1.png)

 

**🔔 NOTE: Images are placed centrally and are then expanded to meet the width of the content block. It still keeps the aspect ratio.**

**🔔 NOTE: A block can have a palette and a background image, and you can use the opacity of the background image to show the palette background color.**

#### Adding a new layout-block

1\. Place your cursor where you would like the layout block to be placed.

![Group 30-1](https://guide.contentcatalyst.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Group%2030-1.png?quality=high&width=688&height=388&name=Group%2030-1.png)

2\. Select the layout options button from the menu. 

![Group 31-2](https://guide.contentcatalyst.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Group%2031-2.png?quality=high&width=688&height=393&name=Group%2031-2.png)

3\. Your layout block is now added and ready for content to be placed in it.

![image 70](https://guide.contentcatalyst.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image%2070.png?quality=high&width=688&height=388&name=image%2070.png)

**🔔 NOTE: You can apply palettes to layout blocks.**

**🔔 NOTE: You can only add text, images, and tables to layout blocks.** 

 

**Adding a color palette to an entire chapter**

1\. Select the paint bucket icon on the top right of the page.

![Group 32](https://guide.contentcatalyst.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Group%2032.png?quality=high&width=688&height=389&name=Group%2032.png)

2\. Select your chosen style of the 9 pre-sets available.

![Group 33](https://guide.contentcatalyst.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Group%2033.png?quality=high&width=688&height=388&name=Group%2033.png)

3\. This color palette should now be applied to an entire chapter.  

![image 73](https://guide.contentcatalyst.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image%2073.png?quality=high&width=688&height=389&name=image%2073.png)

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