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A document is composed of paragraphs, tables, and graphics objects. Tables and graphics objects will not be covered in this tutorial.
The report defines a set of paragraph and font styles, along with their default implementation. The user can override the definition of each style, allowing the user to [[Gramps_4.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Customize_report_output_formats|customize the report]]. Each paragraph style must be named uniquely, to prevent collisions when printed in a book format. It is recommended to prefix each paragraph style with a three letter code unique to the report.
Paragraph and font styles are defined in the <tt>make_default_style()</tt> function of the options class. The paragraphs are grouped into a <tt>StyleSheet</tt>, which the <tt>make_default_style()</tt> function defines. For the example report (<tt>DbSummary</tt>), the paragraph styles are defined as below:
