Printing a report book with the Print Wizard

To print a report book with the Print Wizard:

  1. Select File > Print Wizard.
  2. Select Selected book.
  3. Select the report book to print.
  4. Click Next.
    The Reports and Print Ranges dialog is displayed. Each list view object in the report (for example, a combo box) is listed as a report parameter. By selecting from the list view objects in the report, you display different views of the report data. For example, in a report which has two combo boxes each of which contain four years and four products respectively, there are 16 possible combinations of elements - 16 possible views of the report to export.
  5. For each report parameter, select which views of the report to print.
    The options are:
    • Automatic: The view for the current element will be printed.
    • All Elements: A view for each element in the list object will be printed.
    • Selection: The Select Elements dialog is displayed when you select this option. A view for each element that you select will be printed.
  6. By default, all views are exported to a single file. Optionally, select the Split By option for a parameter to generate separate files.
    For example: A report has two combo boxes, A and B. In the Export Wizard, you select four elements from parameter A and two elements from parameter B. If you Split By parameter A, four files are generated - one for each element selected from parameter A. Each file contains two views - Parameter A + element B1 and Parameter A + element B2. If you split by parameter B, two files are generated. Each file contains four views - Parameter B combined with each Parameter A element.
    Note: If the report book is enabled for dynamic delivery, the Split By option is replaced by the Deliver By option. If there are several recipients and each is to receive several reports, the Deliver By option specifies where one batch of reports ends and another begins.
  7. Click Next.
    The Page Setup dialog is displayed.

    See Specifying the page setup.

    Note: In the Print Wizard, the two tabs of the Page Setup dialog are separated into two steps.
  8. Select options to specify the page size, orientation, scaling and margins of the exported reports and click Next.
  9. Specify header and footer options as required and click Next.
    See Specifying the page setup
  10. Specify the printer settings. These include the printer to which to print, the page source, and the number of copies to print.
  11. Click Finish.