Crystal Reports XI: Fast Track: Report Design I

Course Overview

This course is designed for the novice Crystal Reports user who needs to quickly become proficient in creating and modifying reports. Some of the topics include planning a report, creating a basic report, using the Report Explorer, record selection, sorting, grouping and summarising, charting,

Audience

Course participants who have no prior knowledge of Crystal Reports and existing users who wish to improve their use of Crystal Reports.

Skills Gained

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to create a list report by using data from an existing database locate and present data in a specified order, create groups and summaries, format reports, add text and pictures to reports.

Prerequisites

Learners must have a proficient knowledge of the Windows environment

Course Outline

• Create a report by using data from an existing database.
• Understanding Links in a database.
• Select Data
• Sort Data
• Create, modify and delete groups including specified order grouping & group sort
• Create summaries such as Sum, Count and Average
• Format string, number and date fields
• Create and format headings
• Create page breaks
• Add watermarks and pictures to a report
• Add Special Fields
• Print a report
• Creating Charts

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