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This deck added on 4-24-2014
- p. 289. CREATING A SUMMARY REPORT. A SUMMARY FIELD is ABSTRACT by nature. You tell it which field to summarize and:
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That’s about it.
You could have one that counts people, another one that totals orders, etc.
YOU THEN DESIGN YOUR LAYOUTS TO PRODUCE THE SPECIFIC GROUPINGS YOU WANT.
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- For example, if you have a SUMMARY FIELD that TOTALS ORDERS , you can make that TOTAL ORDERS FIELD display:
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TOTALS PER CUSTOMER on one layout, PER PRODUCT in another, and PER MONTH on a third.
3
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- What is the benefit of the SUMMARY FIELD?
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It gives you tremendous flexibility without the need to create different fields for the totals in each report.
4
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- Let’s create a REPORT to show how a SUMMARY FIELD works. Choose LAYOUT–>
NEW LAYOUT/REPORT. Name it SUMMARY REPORT, and make it a BLANK LAYOUT. Click FINISH. How do you ensure that this report prints the same size ON ALL PRINTERS?
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LAYOUT–>
LAYOUT SETUP:
In the dialog box that appears, choose the PRINTING TAB: Turn on USE FIXED PAGE MARGINS, and choose the margin sizes.
5
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- What if, when formatting the report, you leave off the option to USE FIXED PAGE MARGINS?
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Then FM will automatically print things as close to the edge of the page as the printer allows, so turn it on and leave one inch all around.
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- Since the layout now has FIXED MARGINS, you may want to see them in LAYOUT MODE so you have a feel for how things fit on the page. How do you do this?
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VIEW–>
PAGE MARGINS.
