A report can have a Report Header and a Page Header, a Report Footer and a Page Footer, a Detail section, and user-defined sort group header and footer sections.

 

These sections are laid out horizontally in the Design Window, as seen below:

 

report_sample_design_view

 

Note that the sample project Chapter11_Customizing.pnj contains a report called Report1 that you can use to view, add, or remove the report sections outlined in this section. You can access this project by clicking File – Open Project in the application menu, then enabling the Open a sample project option.

 

You can add or remove header and footer sections as required for your report.

 

To add a section to a report

 

1.In the report’s Design View, right-click the report.

2.Click the section you want to add to the report.

 

To remove a section from a report

 

1.In the report’s Design View, right-click the report.

2.Click the section you want to remove from the report.

 

Sections that are currently included in your report will appear with a black checkmark to the left of them on the right-click menu.

 

Sections that are not currently included in your report will appear with a blank space to the left of them on the right-click menu.