1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 13*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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Open</emph> and select the database file.</paragraph> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3151054" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="16">In the database file window, click the <emph>Reports</emph> icon.</paragraph> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156280" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="18">Double-click one of the report names to open the report.</paragraph> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="note" id="par_idN1077D" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">These links are added automatically when you create a new report by the Report Wizard or in the Report Builder window.</paragraph> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id1695608" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Editing a Report Created in the Report Builder Window</paragraph> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="unordered"> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7510910" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Right-click the name of a report in the database file window, then choose Edit.</paragraph> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id8138065" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The Report Builder window opens with the report's information loaded. </paragraph> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id5086825" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Use the toolbars and menu commands and drag-and-drop to edit the report as stated in the <link href="text/shared/explorer/database/rep_main.xhp">Report Builder</link> guide.</paragraph> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id4747154" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Execute the report to see the resulting report document.</paragraph> 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153104" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="CHG" oldref="19">Editing a Report Created by the Report Wizard</paragraph> 72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="unordered"> 73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 74*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3125863" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">On the <link href="text/shared/autopi/01100500.xhp" name="last dialog page of the Report AutoPilot">last dialog page of the Report Wizard</link>, you can choose to edit the report template before you use the report.</paragraph> 75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 76*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 77*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155431" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">You can edit the page styles for the first page and the following pages of the report as well as the paragraph styles, the number formats, the printed field labels, and more.</paragraph> 78*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="warning" id="par_idN107D7" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Unless you have a thorough understanding of the database the report accesses, do not edit the SQL statement, database name, the hidden form controls, or the related information on the report.</paragraph> 79*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 80*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embed href="text/shared/guide/database_main.xhp#database_main"/> 81*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</body> 82*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 83