Create custom reports - Microsoft Access 2013 - page 257

The report design grid is divided into five main sections:
▪ Report Header Contains information to be displayed at the top of the first page of
the report, such as the report title.
▪ Page Header Contains information to be displayed at the top of every page of the
report, like the header in a Microsoft Word document.
▪ Detail Usually contains the controls that make up the main body of the report.
▪ Page Footer Contains information to be displayed at the bottom of every page, such
as a page number.
▪ Report Footer Contains information to be displayed at the bottom of the last page
of the report.

By default, the Report Header and Report Footer sections are not present on the report.
You can hide and display the Report Header, Report Footer, Page Header, or Page Footer
sections by right-clicking the design grid and then clicking the respective command. You
can also close a section without removing it by setting the Height property in its Property
Sheet pane to 0”. (This technique can be useful if you want to concentrate on one section
without being distracted by another.)

To organize a report, you can group and sort its contents. When you group information,
such as grouping all customers by region or all products by category, a Group Header sec-
tion is added to the report for each grouping level you specify. Group headers are identi-
fied by the field name in their section bars.

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As with forms, you can work with reports in Design view in the following ways:
▪ Apply a theme.
▪ Adjust the size of sections.
▪ Add, size, and arrange controls.
▪ Adjust the properties of report elements in the Property Sheet pane.