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Creating headers and footers

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Creating headers and footers

When you create new reports, mastering headers and footers will allow you to create understandable printouts. If I go to the Create Ribbon and then start a new report using either this button or one of the wizards, my report will automatically have headers and footers. But if I start with a blank report, my headers and footers may or may not be turned on. I'll create a blank report and then switch over to Design View to look at it. This blank report has a Page Header, a main Detail area, and a Page Footer. The Page Header and Page Footer are what will appear at the top and bottom of every page in the report, whether there is only one page or there are hundreds. The Detail area will contain the fields that will repeat for every record. If you right-click on the gray Page Header line, I also have a choice to view the Report Header and Footer. Turn this on and now you have two new sections at the top and the bottom. The Report Header will only appear at the very top of the very first…

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