OverView for the Report Designer.

Here are some simple steps that clearly show how to create a report using the Wizard. A Report has four basic options. The size of the report, its paper type and the main database.

• New Report - select the paper type, database and database sort key order, now press Create New Report.

• Reports are laid out into bands which is a fancy name for a grouping. Inside the bands are placed controls. These controls can display information from databases. The printing of reports is very straight forward and follows a standard pattern for each database that is included in the report and for each band. All the designer of the report has to do is select the database and place a control in a band. The reporting system takes care of the rest, its really that simple.

• To run this simple name and address report from the North Wind database that ships with MS Access and MS Office select File , Create Report Application.