At 23:46 10/09/2007 -0700, A Nameless Person ("Open Office User") wrote:
I'm an esl teacher. I'm trying to [create?] a "directory" of all
the words and what book/unit/page number it appears on. I created
a two field data base table . Here's an example:
Word bookpagenumber
crab 2.1.4
fish 2.1.4
[snip]
When I print it, I get a very long two column report twelve pages
long. I need to design a printable report
In which the two columns flow down to the bottom of the page and
then flow to the top of the page.
Like this
Word bookpagenumber Word bookpagenumber Word bookpagenumber
Word bookpagenumber Word bookpagenumber Word bookpagenumber
[snip]
When the page is full it should move on to the next page.
I'm not a database or computer expert. I hope you can help me.
Like you, I'm no database expert, but no-one seems to have replied to
this, so I'll have a go.
We are talking about creating a report from a database in Base -
right? I think you can decide on and carry out this formatting only
at one point, so you have to notice that point and not miss it. When
you create the report using the Report Wizard, the last screen - step
6 - gives you a default option of "Create report now" but an
alternative of "Modify report layout". If you choose to modify the
report layout at that point, the report will open as a text (Writer)
document, and you can use the normal Writer facilities to change the
layout the form will have. As someone has already indicated, you now
need to go to Format | Page... | Columns and to select the required
number of columns for the report - and to make any other formatting
changes you might like.
Note that you get only this one chance to modify the layout: the
report subsequently opens as a read-only document and cannot be
modified. But if you change your mind, you can probably fairly
easily create a new replacement report in another style.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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