Reports are created to display and organize data from tables or queries in an attractive printable format, but cannot directly edit data. The fastest way to automatically generate a basic report is to use AutoReport, which creates a report from a single table with minimal formatting options, while the Report Wizard and Design view provide more control over a report's layout and appearance. To create an AutoReport, select a table and click the Create and Report buttons to generate a new report based on the table.

1. 6 Designing a Report
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• Reports are similar to forms in that they are based on data in an underlying table or query.
• The purpose of a report is to print data in an attractive and easy-to-read format.
• You cannot actually enter data into a database using a report.
• Creating a report is very similar to creating a form.
• Both reports and forms use controls to organize and display data.
• Once you create a report, you can add controls to the report, modify the report format,
and create calculated controls.
1. Open Database Fundamentals 06.
2. Select table ‘tblEmployees’.
3. Click Create. (In the Ribbon)
4. Click Report. (In the Ribbon)
6.1 Creating a Report Using AutoReport
• In Access, you can create reports in three ways:
• using AutoReport,
• the Report Wizard, or
• Design view.
• Of these three options, the fastest way to create reports is to use AutoReport.
4. Click the Save button.
The Save As dialog box appears with tblEmployees in the Report Name box.
5. Type rptEmployees, and click OK.
Access saves the report as rptEmployees.