Chapter 20
Groups and Page Breaks, Headers and Footers
IN THIS CHAPTER
Placing your records in ordered groups
Customizing your report’s sections and layout
Using headers and footers exactly as you need them
Inserting date and time information
The Report Wizard takes much of the stress and decision-making out of creating reports. This is also true of the Report tool, which asks no questions at all and just turns your table into a report — bang, zoom, no fuss, no muss. The Report Wizard is almost that simple; it asks just a few simple questions that you won’t have any trouble answering.
Well, maybe no trouble. If you want a different layout than the one you chose, or if you want to move things around even a tiny bit, you may not immediately know how to make that happen. You might also want to add some things to make your reports more informative or simply dress them up a bit. Report Wizard-generated reports can be very spare and simply tell your readers what the name of the report is, or they can be really useful and include your company logo, instructional labels, and information ...
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