You can add Section Breaks to the Detail, Report Header, Report Footer, and user-defined sort group header and footer sections of your report. Note that you cannot add Section Breaks to your Page Header or Page Footer sections. Section Breaks will appear as dotted blue lines in the Design View of your report:

 

 

Adding Section Breaks to a report allows you to decide exactly when the application will split a section when printing a report. For example, your Detail section might include the front and back components of an ID card; you could use a Section Break to ensure the front and back components were printed on different pages or different labels. Or, you might have a picture on your report that is too big to fit on one page; you could use a Section Break to determine exactly where the picture is split when printed.

 

To add a Section Break to a report

 

1.Click Insert – Section Break.

2.In the report’s Design View, click the location where you want the Section Break to appear.

 

To remove a Section Break from a report

 

1.In the report’s Design View, click the Section Break.

2.Click Delete.

 

To view the properties of a Section Break

 

1.In the report’s Design View, click the Section Break.

2.The Section Break’s properties will appear in the Properties Pane.

 

To edit the properties of a Section Break

 

1.In the report’s Design View, click the Section Break.

2.Adjust the Section Break’s properties as required.

 

Note that you can adjust Section Break properties in either the Design Window or the Properties Pane. In the Design Window you can edit the selected Section Break by moving it to a new vertical location. In the Properties Pane you can edit the selected Section Break by typing new values directly into the fields or making new selections from the drop-down lists. The following Section Break properties can be customized:

 

Name

A unique, assigned name, consisting of the words “Section Break” plus the first available number (for example, Section Break 1, Section Break 2, and so on), by default. You can also give your own, unique name to the component for ease of reference when using event methods.

 

Break At

The exact vertical co-ordinate for the Section Break.

 

Visible

If you set this field to No this Section Break will be hidden.