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Chapter 3 | Creating databases 96
The New Layout/Report assistant automatically creates the appropriate layout parts depending on
the choices you make. You can add, change, or delete layout parts after you finish the assistant
as needed. (See
“Creating layouts and reports” on page 71.)
About layout part types
The following table describes layout part types.
Layout part Description
Title header Appears only once at the top of the first screen or page and replaces the normal header (if one is
specified). In reports, can be used to print a separate title page. You can have only one title header
in a layout.
Header Appears at the top of every screen or page (unless you add a title header, which supersedes the
header on the first page). Use for titles or column headings (in columnar reports). You can have only
one header in a layout.
Body Each object you put in the body, including fields, text objects, and graphics, appears once for each
record in the found set. You can have only one body in a layout.
Footer Appears at the bottom of every screen or page (unless you add a title footer). You can have only one
footer in a layout.
Title footer Appears only once at the bottom of the first screen or page and replaces the normal footer (if one is
specified). You can have only one title footer in a layout.
Body
Header
Subsummary
Trailing Grand
Summary
Footer
Sales Report
A subsummary below the body summarizes
data for each group of records sorted on the
break field (Salesperson)
Trailing grand summary
Footer
Favorite Bakery Confidential June 2014
Salesperson Item Qty Extended Price
David Michaels FB3 1 $3.95
David Michaels FB4 1 $17.50
David Michaels FB1 2 $19.90
David Michaels FB5 3 $52.50
Total $93.85
Sophie Tang FB6 2 $39.00
Sophie Tang FB7 5 $77.50
Sophie Tang FB2 2 $45.00
Total $161.50
Grand Total $255.35