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Chapter 8: Creating Simple Reports
(This is section 5 of 5 in this chapter)
Summary
Access has some impressive report capabilities. In fact, about the only limit on what you can do with reports is your imagination. In this chapter, you have learned how to create two simple reports with the Report Wizards built into Access. Although these reports are simple in nature, they are useful in everyday life. The process of developing these reports has taught you skills you can use to develop other reports.
Before you move on to Chapter 9, make sure you understand the following key concepts:
- In Access, a report is much more than a simple printout. Reports give you complete control over what Access prints and how it appears on the page.
- You can create reports using either the Report Wizards or the report Design window.
- You can start a Report Wizard either from the Reports section of the Database window or by choosing Reports from the Insert menu.
- Report Wizards can be used to create many types of sample reports. These reports are simple in nature, and not nearly as customized as what you can create by using the report Design window.
- Both simple reports and mailing labels are easy to create with the Report Wizards.
- The Label Wizard supports many types of standard labels from many manufacturers, automatically formatting your information to fit on the labels.
If you want to know more about creating custom reports, refer to Chapter 14. In Chapter 9, you will venture into the world of form design.
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