Designing SSRS reports easier

My first big tip is to always create an AutoDesign report with your data. Use the style template that gives you the pieces you need and then you can always right-click on your AutoDesign and "Create Precision Design" from it. Then you get a precision design where you can just move around the objects. It gives you something to start from so you aren't just drawing text boxes on your screen.

I'm currently working on a project where they always want the Font to be Arial and the size to be 10pt. The default ReportLayoutStyleTemplate uses Segoe UI and the data in the rows are 8pt size. You can find the ReportLayoutStyleTemplate in the AOT. Duplicate it into your project and modify the font and size for the sections you need. When you build your project, you will now see that new template as an option in your AutoDesign Layout Template drop-down. Now when you generate the Precision Design, it will use the font that you set up from that template.

Hope I explained that well.

Good luck!