Operation Manual

Quick Start
Quick start for new users
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6. Click the arrow on the empty list. A list of all the country values appears.
Select USA from the list.
The sentence now reads:
Select all records where a customer’s country is equal to USA
7. Click OK to return to the Design tab.
8. Click the Preview tab to review the results of your work.
The Change In Record Selection Formula dialog box appears.
9. Click Refresh Data.
10. Save this version of the report without overwriting the original report by
choosing Save As from the File menu and giving the new report the
name USA.rpt.
Congratulations! You have started formatting your report and have added
selection criteria to it. More than that, you have learned how to manipulate
your data. By now, you have a good idea of the powerful kinds of reports you
can prepare.
Deleting a field
Now that the report contains only records from the USA, displaying the
Country field in the body of the report is not necessary. You can delete this
field before continuing.
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To delete a field
1. Select the Country field and the Country column heading using the Ctrl-
click combination.
2. Press Delete on your keyboard.
That is all it takes to delete fields from the report.
The report should now look similar to this: