4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the format editor palette comprises: a selection tool; and submenus of format elements, wherein the format elements include a plurality of the at least one format element.
4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the format editor palette comprises: a selection tool; and submenus of format elements, wherein the format elements include a plurality of the at least one format element. 5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the submenus comprise at least one of a format definition, constant format submenu, field format submenu, format decorator submenu, indexed collection format submenu, keyed collection format submenu, typed data element format submenu, reference format submenu, or a custom format submenu.