Access 2002 Programming by Example

Understanding Sections

One thing to remember is that you don’t have to use every section type on every report. Some might even wonder, “Why use sections at all?” It’s important to recognize that a proper understanding of sections is critically important to being able to properly organize your report. If you want a cover page to print only at the beginning of the report, use the report section. But if you want field titles to print on every page, use the page header section. Groups enable you to separate each group of common values with some space between groups that can be used for totals or other aggregate calculations.

Table 6.5 shows an example of what you can do with sections.

Table 6.5. Controlling Sections

Section	When It Prints	Examples ...