Special Edition Using Access 97, Second Edition

Chapter 14. Printing Basic Reports and Mailing Labels

The final product of most database applications is a report. In Access, a report is a special kind of continuous form that is designed specifically for printing. Access combines data in tables, queries, and even forms to produce a report that you can print and distribute to people who need or request it. A printed version of a form can serve as a report, which often is the case for reports designed for decision support (one topic of Chapter 19, "Adding Graphics to Forms and Reports"). By printing a continuous form, you can create a report that displays some or all of the values of fields in a table or query.

This chapter describes how you create relatively simple reports, including multicolumn ...