How to Add Sections to an MS Access 2007 Report

After you enter different types of data into your Microsoft Office Access 2007 database management application, you can generate reports. After you create a report, you can edit the report to meet your preferences and add different types of controls, such as checkboxes and radio buttons. You can also add different sections to your report by inserting headers and footers into the top and bottom portions of your Access 2007 report.

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  Open the Microsoft Access 2007 report file on your computer that you want to add sections to.

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  Right-click on the report you want to edit from the navigation pane and select the "Design View" option from the shortcut menu.

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  Right-click on the area of the report where you want the header or footer section to appear and then click the "Report Header/Footer" option.

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  Enter any text that you want to appear in the header or footer. You can also drag any controls you want to the header or footer section using your mouse.

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  Place your cursor on the bottom border of the header or top border of the footer, and then drag the line to resize the header or footer.