Use the Section Expert to make formatting changes that affect entire sections of your report. This dialog box appears when you right-click in the Report Designer, and select Section Expert, or when you right-click in the Report Designer, point to Insert and click Section.
- Sections
- This box lists all of the sections in the active report. When you highlight a section in this list, the program sets the dialog box buttons to indicate the actions you can take and the properties you can set for the selected section.
- Insert
- Use this button to insert a new report section immediately below and of the same type as the section you have selected in the Sections list.
- Delete
- Use this button to delete the section you have selected in the Sections list. You can only delete sections that have been added to the originating sections; you cannot delete any of the originating sections.
- Merge
- Use this button to merge the current section with the companion section that appears immediately below it.
Note You cannot merge sections of different types; for example, you cannot merge a Details section with a Group Header section.
- Arrow buttons
- Use these buttons to move a section up or down with respect to other related sections.
Note You cannot move a section past a section of a different type
Section Expert Tabs
See Also
Report Section Overview | Formatting Report Sections