Office Report
Builder includes:
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Word Report Builder
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Excel Report Builder
Office Report Builder is an easy and convenient
tool for the creation and customisation of reports which takes advantage
of the formatting and presentation capabilities of Microsoft Word and Excel
7.0, 8.0, 2000. The program allows the rapid construction of reports as
forms and columnar reports.
General Principles of operation.
Two possibilities are available for the
choice of datasource for your reports:
1) Your own application can generate the
data for which the report is to be generated. In this case, the Office
Report Builder will construct the report based on the data contained in
a temporary table.
2) Office Report Builder can make use of
SQL through a query editor which is part of the program. This allows the
formation of pre-defined reports which are run at a regular interval �
e.g. aged debtor &c.
Here are some of the features of Office
Report Builder:
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A GUI style design environment, which allows
the user to design their reports visually inside MS Excel / Word.
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On screen preview facilities, also within
MS Excel and Word.
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Reports can be saved and then viewed and printed
as pure MS Excel or MS Word documents - there is no need to send any additional
executables to third parties to whom you wish to send reports.
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The GUI interface means that the learning
curve is minimal and that users can be operational with a minimum of delay.
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Office Report Builder has the ability to produce
mailing labels and multi-column reports using the capacities of MS Excel
and MS Word.
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The reports are created and printed rapidly.
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The page size can automatically be scaled
down in order to print several report pages on each sheet of printer paper.
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The use of different fonts, sizes, styles
and colours is fully supported, just as it is under MS Excel and MS Word.
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In fact, it is by harnassing the power of
MS Excel and MS Word that gives Office Report Builder these abilities.
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Reports may be printed in Portrait or Landscape
mode.
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No technical knowledge is needed in order
for the user to customize his or her own reports.
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It is possible to call the Excel and Word
Report Builder from other programs.
The combination of the above qualities
make the Office Report Builder a tool which should be considered seriously
by any organisation with a need to effectively and efficiently disseminate
information both between their own staff and to clients, suppliers &c.
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