Chapter 19
Professionally Designed Reports Made Easy
IN THIS CHAPTER
Understanding report sections
Using text boxes and labels
Previewing your changes
Putting themes to work
Drawing lines and boxes
Adding pictures
The Report Wizard does most of the dirty work of report creation. However, it has its shortcomings. Most of the Report Wizard’s shortcomings have to do with text — sometimes the text is cut off, it’s not aligned properly, it’s too small, it’s too big — you get the idea.
Along the way, you may not like the Report Wizard’s color choices or design elements either. Don’t despair. (Hopefully, you’re never at a point in your life where you’ll despair over an Access report, but I have to throw some drama in here somewhere.) Design and Layout views hold the key to unlocking the report of your dreams. (I know — who isn’t dreaming about Access reports?)
In this chapter, I discuss ...
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