Crystal Reports lets you use overflow field
representation to assist users who are working with numeric or currency values
in report cells. When the Allow Field Clipping option is not selected (the
default behavior), numeric/currency field values that exceed the field size are
represented by number signs (######) when you preview the report, letting you
know immediately when the field is too small.
Otherwise, if a numeric or currency value
is larger than the field containing it, that value is truncated, or "clipped."
For example, values like 100,000,000 might appear on the report as 1,000, or as
000 (depending on the properties you have set). This could potentially cause
confusion when the report is read.