Using report wizards

Accessing report wizards

Report wizards help you create a report with a specific presentation style.

To access a report wizard:

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.

What report wizards do

Table 1-6 summarizes what each report wizard creates.

**Table 1-6: Report wizards**
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.”