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Creating reports

Using named searches, named sorts, and layouts you have already created,

you can make reports that find and reorder records and print the result. For

example, you might want to set up a report to print the California addresses

from your database on Avery 5164 mailing labels.

To create a report, choose New Report from the Report pop-up menu.

Once you create a report, you can reuse or change it.

Importing data from other documents

When you want to work with information from another database, you can:

1 import a database created in a different application (if AppleWorks

supports the format). You open the entire database as an AppleWorks

document.

To From the Report pop-up menu, choose

Reuse a named report The report name

Change a report Edit Report. Select a report from the list and click Modify.

Make your changes, and then click OK.

Rename a report Edit Report. Select a report from the list and click Modify.

Type a new name, and then click OK.

Delete a report Edit Report. Select a report from the list, click Delete, and

then click OK.

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