Crystal Reports - A Report Writing Tool and More...
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Crystal Reports is a software application that helps you to analyze and interpret data as well as present it in an easy-to-read format. It works in conjunction with other programs that act as data sources, usually from a database application. The program can be used to create both simple and complex reports using almost any type of data source. The tools in Crystal Reports guide you through the process of building reports, graphs, and even maps.
Crystal Reports integrates with a variety of different data sources such as dBASE, FoxPro, Clipper, Pervasive, Paradox, Microsoft Access, and SQL Server. Its features are rich and have become very user-friendly throughout the years. The Database Expert allows you to quickly connect to a data source as well as maintain a list of recently used data sources. You can also connect to more than one data source to create a report that pulls information from a variety of different applications.
The Field Explorer makes it very easy to drag and drop any type of field into a report. Some of the fields include database, formula, parameter, and special fields such as titles, page numbers and summaries. Once a field has been added to a report, it can easily be edited, formatted, or deleted. It integrates seamlessly if you want to export the information into other applications such as Microsoft Excel and Word.
The Start Page displays automatically when you open the program. It is a quick and easy way to open an existing report, create a variety new reports such as a standard reports, a cross-tab report, or mailing labels. The built-in wizards help to make creating new reports easy to do in a step-by-step manner. Help is only a click away.
The Training Center offers two eight-hour hands-on Crystal Report classes. In the Crystal Reports Basic class you learn how to create and format a basic report. We work with sorting and selecting the records that you want in a report based upon a specific criteria. We create calculated fields and functions as well as group and summarize data. In the Crystal Reports Advanced class we further customize reports by getting into some advanced features such as working with advanced functions, variables, constructs, subreports, alerts, SQL, and ODBC.
Please contact Cindy Prindle if you have any questions about Crystal Reports or Sarah Loeffelholz if you would like to register for this class. You can contact us by e-mail at cprindle@habco.com, or sloeffelholz@habco.com, or by phone at (608) 784-7737. You can also check our calendar and register for any of our in-house and on-line classes on our website at www.habco.com, (point to The Training Center on the menu bar). We welcome the opportunity to provide you, our client, the competitive edge by helping your employees become more efficient using your software . |
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We would like to announce a new series from our Training Center. WebEx Lunch & Learn sessions begin in August. In addition to our normal training schedule, this series will run twice per month from 12:00-1:00pm CST. The Lunch & Learns focus on a narrow and specific topic in a variety of applications. Login to WebEx (instructions will be e-mailed to you upon registration), bring a lunch, sit, listen and relax. The cost is $50 per connection with an unlimited number of participants, so grab some co-workers and sharpen your skills. Click here check the schedule.
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The 2010 Property Tax Template has been shipped. Please contact Cindy Prindle if you have any questions or need any assistances.
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Word 2007: You will notice that the line spacing is set at a default of 1.15 rather than the traditional single line space and the spacing between paragraphs is set at an additional 6 pts after each paragraph. You can quickly change the spacing between lines of text and customize the amount of space before and after each paragraph in one step by clicking the Line Spacing Icon. It is found in the Paragraph Group of the Home Ribbon.
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Excel 2007: You can now wrap long text into multiple lines in a cell in one easy step. Click on the Wrap Text icon in the Alignment Group of the Home Ribbon.
Outlook 2007:
| The To-Do Bar is a new tool that brings together information from a number of different sources within Outlook. It combines the Date Navigator, up to 25 upcoming appointments, and current tasks all within one pane.
It is also fully customizable. It is the pane on the far right side of your in-box. If you do not see it, click on the View Menu, point to To-Do Bar and click on Normal in the submenu. |
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Adobe Acrobat 9.0-New Page Synchronization Feature: Acrobat identifies pages sequentially, beginning with 1. A document's first page is page 1, the second page is page 2, and so on. However, another set of page numbers might appear on the document pages themselves as added by the source application in the form of a header or footer. As a result, the page numbers that appear on the document pages might not match the page numbers that Acrobat assigns. In Acrobat 9.0 you can use the Page Numbering dialog box to customize how Acrobat numbers the pages, to match the page numbers on the document pages themselves. This can be accomplished in the Pages panel. Click Options and choose the Number Pages command.
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