QuickBooks 2005: The Missing Manual

Customizing Reports

The report window is awash with ways to customize reports. Some customization techniques are available in several places:

• Report window button bar. Across the top of the report window, the button bar includes the Modify Report button, which opens the all-powerful customization tool—the Modify Report dialog box. The button bar includes other handy customization buttons such as Hide Header and Collapse, discussed below.

• Report window tool bar. Below the button bar is a customization toolbar, in which you can choose the date range, the columns to display, and which column to use for sorting the report contents.

• Report window. Hidden within the report itself are a few customization features. For example, by right-clicking text in a report, you can format its appearance. Dragging the small diamonds between columns changes the column width and, for detailed reports, you can drag columns to new locations.

  Tip

  To learn more about a report, including techniques for customizing it, in the report window title bar, click How Do I? and then choose "Learn more about this report" to have QuickBooks open the Help window and display the help topic for the report you've created.

  Read on to learn about all the techniques available for making a report exactly what you want.