What is a Report?
A report is a “window” that provides views of your data based on the criteria you select. A report can contain detailed or summary information of the data that is contained in one or more tables in the databases. Reports are easily generated by using the Report Wizard.
What is the difference between using a Report Wizard and Creating Manual Reports?
When using the Report Wizard to create a report, you are asked a variety of detailed questions regarding the record sources, fields, layouts and format that is desired. A report is produced based on the answers you provided. Unless you are an experienced Microsoft Access User and have created manual Access reports in the past, you will probably want to use the Report Wizard to provide you with the information you are looking for.
Creating a Manual Report
In the Database window, select Reports from the options located on the left toolbar. Next, click on the New button.
A pop up window with the title of ‘New Report’ will appear. Highlight the first item on the list called Design View and click the OK Button which is located at the bottom of the screen.
Design View >