Report wizards help you create a report with a specific presentation style.
Click the New button in the PowerBar and select the Object tab page.
Select the icon for the report presentation style you need and click OK.
Table 1-6 summarizes what each report wizard creates.
Wizard |
Report characteristics |
---|---|
Composite |
Includes other reports |
Crosstab |
Has summary data in a spreadsheet-like grid |
Freeform |
Has data columns going down the page and labels next to each column |
Graph |
Displays data in a graph |
Grid |
Has data in row and column format with grid lines separating rows and columns |
Group |
Has data in rows that are divided into groups |
Label |
Presents data as labels |
N-Up |
Has two or more rows of data next to each other |
OLE 2.0 |
Is a single OLE object |
RichText |
Combines input fields that represent database columns with formatted text |
Tabular |
Has data columns going across the page and headers above each column |
TreeView |
Has data grouped in rows in a tree view whose nodes can be expanded and collapsed |
Report wizards can generate To-Do List entries to guide you through the object development. For information about the To-Do List, see “Using the To-Do List”.
For information about using report wizards, see Chapter 5, “Defining Reports.”