Practice Activities

Lesson 10: More Report Design

Try This: Do the following steps
1.  Open the Brown Bag Lunch database you have been programming.  Or you may download the sample database Brown Bag Lunch ver10.accdb online.

2.  Open the CustomerCompanySQ Query. When prompted, enter the company Wordnation.

3.  Open the Query in Design View.

4.  Add a new field.  Add the following Concatentation:

            Location: [City]&”, “&[State]

5.  Run the Query to test the new field. Use the Parameter WordNation when prompted.

6.  Create a new Report using the Report Wizard. Use the Query CustomerCompanySQ as the Record Source.  Select all available fields.

7.  Add a Grouping level: Company. Select a layout: Stepped.

8.  Name the Report: Customer Name. Select Preview and Finish the Wizard. 

Use the Parameter Wordnation when prompted.

9.  Close Print Preview.  Open the Report in Design View.

10.  Select all the Fields in the Detail Section. Change the arrangement to Tabular.

11. Go to Arrange Rows & Columns and Insert 2 new Rows above. 

12.  Select the CustomerID Control in the Table. Use the Move Up command to place the Field in the top Row. 

13. Move these Fields up to the second Row: Phone Number and Location. 

14.  Use the Table Tools to Merge the Cells. 

Select Cells A2:A4. Merge them.

Select Cells A3:A4. Merge them.

15.  Go to the Page Header and Delete the Labels EXCEPT the Label for Company.  Change Company to “The taste of eating out, the price of brown bagging it.”

16. Go to the Report Header. Change Customer Name to Brown Bag Lunch Co.

17.  Select the second Row, with the company name Wordnation and apply a top gridline.

18.  Save the Customer Name Report. Please close the Brown Bag database.

 
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