Can I change a report in Access?

[Guest]

I am working in access on a report. I created it a couple of months ago for
work but now we have changed some info and I need to edit and add some info
in the report. Can I add things to the report without starting over? The
report took days to create and I really don't want to start over, but I can't
figure out how to add info. I know on a form you can go in and add new
information.

 

[Rick Brandt]

I am working in access on a report. I created it a couple of months
ago for work but now we have changed some info and I need to edit and
add some info in the report. Can I add things to the report without
starting over? The report took days to create and I really don't want
to start over, but I can't figure out how to add info. I know on a
form you can go in and add new information.

You can do exactly the same thing with a report. Don't be confused by the
wizards. Everything you can do with a wizard you can do without them.

What is it you need to "edit and add"?

 

[John W. Vinson/MVP]

I am working in access on a report. I created it a couple of months ago for
work but now we have changed some info and I need to edit and add some
info
in the report. Can I add things to the report without starting over? The
report took days to create and I really don't want to start over, but I
can't
figure out how to add info. I know on a form you can go in and add new
information.

An Access Report is sort of like a Word Template: it doesn't actually
contain any data, it just specifies how you want the data laid out on the
paper. The *data* produced by the report comes from the Table (or more
commonly Query integrating data from one or more tables) upon which the
report is based.

If you want to change the *design* of the Report you can open it in design
view from the Reports tab of the database window; you can move fields
around, add and delete fields (if they're in the Report's query), and so on.
But if you're just using the same layout to print different data, just put
the data in the table.

John W. Vinson/MVP