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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