Crystal Reports 8.5 Basic

After completing this one-day course, students will know how to:

• Explore the Crystal Reports window, and open, create, save, and modify simple reports
• Sort and filter records, create and modify groups, and insert subtotals, grand totals, and summary fields
• Create, modify, and delete formulas, and use functions in formulas
• Format a report by: changing font style, size, and color; adding lines, boxes, and shapes; and formatting fields conditionally
• Add and link tables by using the Visual Linking Expert, create reports by using various experts, and create and format a cross-tab report
• Export a report to the Microsoft Excel, HTML 4.0, and XML file formats; print a report; and e-mail a report
  

Target audience

The target students for this course should have taken Windows 2000 Basic and Access 2000 Intermediate or have equivalent knowledge and experience. This course will help you to use Crystal Reports to create and customize reports using tables from a Microsoft Access database

Course content

Introduction to Crystal Reports Getting started • Creating reports • Storing reports • Modifying reports • Using Help • Unit summary

Organizing records Sorting • Record selection • Grouping • Summarizing • Unit summary

Formulas and functions Formula basics • Modifying formulas • Functions • Unit summary

Formatting Absolute formatting • Conditional formatting • Unit summary

Experts The Visual Linking Expert • Report experts • Cross-tab reports • Unit summary

Distributing reports Exporting reports • Delivering reports • Unit summary

Course summary Course summary • Continued learning after class

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