Special Edition Using Microsoft® Office Access 2003

Chapter 17. Preparing Advanced Reports

In this chapter

• Creating Reports from Scratch

• Grouping and Sorting Report Data

• Working from a Blank Report

• Incorporating Subreports

• Customizing De Novo Reports

• Mailing Report Snapshots

• Troubleshooting

• In the Real World—The Art of Report Design

Creating Reports from Scratch

Access 2003’s Report Wizard can create reports that you can use “as is” or modify to suit most of your database reporting requirements. In many cases, however, you must create reports that are more complex than or different from those offered by the Report Wizard. For example, you might have to apply special grouping and sorting methods to your reports. Including subreports within your reports requires that you start from a blank report form instead ...