Design a Report

When you customize a report, you can:

  • adjust the size of each column of information
  • determine what type of information appears on the report
  • choose which fields and titles appear in the columns of the report and their order
  • select the font, as well as its size, for everything that appears on the report
  • save customized reports as new reports

To customize a report

  1. From the Select a Report or Form window, double-click the Report to display it.
  2. Column borders appear as a vertical blue separator line flanked with double-headed arrows. To resize a column:

Note: You cannot make page breaks manually; you must resize the columns. If you want to see all the columns at the top of the page for a wide report, choose Landscape as a print option. At any time during resizing columns, you can change Report Options by selecting the appropriate button: Options, Columns, or Fonts.

To save a report

  1. Click Save at the top of the Report Design window. Sage 50 displays the Save As window.
  2. Sage 50 displays the Name the report in the box. Sage 50 will not let you overwrite standard reports that came with Sage 50.
  3. When you have entered the name and description you want to use, click OK.