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Printing the report
After selecting the options for the specific report, you're ready to print.
Printing options
By selecting the Include Header Page check box, you can print a brief description
of the options used to create the report. The following image contains an example
header page for a Bibliography Report:
Sunnydale Junior High
10/13/2000 @ 4:21pm Bibliography Report
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Select By: Title
Starting At: Abbey is missing
Ending At: Alice in Wonderland
Material Types: All
Reading Level From: 6.0 To: 9.9
Interest Level From: 5–8 To: All Secondary
Publishing Year: Not Limited
Sort By: Author/Title
Bibliography Title: Bibliography Report
Show Annotations: Yes
If you are not certain the report will contain the information you want, you can
click Print Preview to examine the entire report before actually printing it. The
header page is not included in the previewed pages.
On Windows workstations, Print Preview generates the file with a .fpr extension.
Reports associates this file extension with WordPad. WordPad is used to display
the report. Macintosh workstations use a custom file viewer to display the
report.
Note:
Reports sends the report to the application using a specific page length. As
a result, if you print the preview, the report page breaks may not be
appropriate for your selected printer. Selecting either Print to File or Print
after a print preview will require the report to be reprocessed.
If you want to edit the report, save the report to a file instead of producing a
paper copy, and then use a word processing application, such as NotePad or
WordPad, to make any necessary changes. Click Print to File. A Save As dialog
appears for the specific report.
Enter the desired file name and location, and then click Save. A progress dialog
appears while Reports generates the report. To view the report, start the
application you identified as your report viewer, go to the directory containing