To edit the designed reporting for the next fiscal year without distorting the design aspect, you can employ the following techniques:

1. Lock Floating Objects: Lock object properties like position, size, and other attributes to prevent accidental edits. This ensures your layout remains intact even as in-line content changes.
2. Use Design Sections: Design sections offer control over page layouts, allowing designers to fix floating objects to pages and maintain their placement.
3. Pasting Content as Floating Objects: Paste new content in design sections as floating objects rather than inline, which helps maintain the existing layout without disrupting the design.

These features are part of Workiva's designed reporting capabilities, ensuring that the report's aesthetics are preserved during content update.

See:

• https://support.workiva.com/hc/en-us/articles/22562273234708-Release-Notes-December-2023
• https://support.workiva.com/hc/en-us/articles/22722242046356-Use-design-sections
• https://support.workiva.com/hc/en-us/articles/30523756938132-Designed-reporting-options-On-vs-Off-platform