Choosing Report Format-Need advice

[AccessKay]

I asked this similar question a few days ago but received no response. Is
there a way to change the properties when you’re using an AutoFormat for a
report? I tried unsuccessfully to change the height of my alternating
background when I used an AutoFormat (I’m using Access 2007). Is this the
“rule� I’m about to create several end-of-the-month reports that I plan to
pull each month and thought I’d ask before I started. I’m also welcome to
any suggestions about AutoFormat vs. designing your own report.

Thank you for your input.

 

[AccessKay]

Thanks for your reply. I suspected to hear this opinion. I don't want to be
limited and will take your advice to create my own.

 

[AccessKay]

Thanks for the additional input. I understand what you’re saying. I
appreciate you sharing your experience.

It's not a night and day decision. There are times when
using a form/report wizard or whatever is convenient to get
things started. But all the fine tuning and future changes
need to be done in design view. After you get a fair amount
of experience in design view, you will likely find yourself
using the form/report wizards less and less.

I still use the query designer with or without a wizard's
help to get the general stuff for a query's SQL. For simple
queries, that may be all you need, but for less simple
queries, switch to SQL view where all the features of
queries are available.
--
Marsh
MVP [MS Access]

Thanks for your reply. I suspected to hear this opinion. I don't want to be
limited and will take your advice to create my own.

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