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5. When you have finished making your choices:
• For layouts that will display on computers or touch devices, click Finish. Layouts in
Form View and List View are displayed in Layout mode. Layouts in Table View are
displayed in Browse mode (and the Modify Table View dialog box appears if there are
fields defined in the database).
You can then add or change fields, objects, and other embellishments to your layout. See
About defining database fields, Working with data in Table View, and Drawing and inserting
objects on a layout.
• For labels, vertical labels, envelopes, or reports, click Continue. You see the next panel
in the assistant.
Notes and tips
• When you create a report, you have the option of creating a script that will sort a report later
in the assistant. The script simplifies the process of viewing and printing the report. The
report must be sorted properly to display summary information, and it’s easy to forget which
fields need to be sorted.
• Table View provides a view of your data in a spreadsheet-like format that allows you to
quickly rearrange fields, add or delete records, or define fields in Browse mode. For
example, you can quickly reorder or resize columns (fields) with just a mouse click (if those
options are set). See
Working with data in Table View.
• You can also use Table View to view summary data, by grouping your data by one or more
columns (fields) and check subtotals for each group or grand totals for the table. The
summary results recalculate and update in real time when you change data values in Table
View. See
Creating dynamic reports in Table View.
Related topics
Creating a layout
Header and Footer Information (New Layout/Report assistant)
In this panel of the New Layout/Report assistant, you can specify the text that you want to appear in
the header and footer of your report. You can choose text to appear left-aligned, right-aligned, and
centered in both the header and the footer.
List Display records in List View. In Browse mode, you see records in a list.
Depending on the size of the layout, you may see several records at a time.
List View is good for viewing or printing multiple records in rows (a list of
records).
Table Display records in Table View. The fields are displayed in a grid in the order
you specify from left to right. Field names are the column headings.
Report Display or print data in a report. You can create many variations of Report
layouts; for example, create a simple report with rows and columns of data
(formerly a predefined layout type known as the
List view layout), or a
complex report with data grouped by specified values with subtotals and
grand totals.
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