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User’s Guide


Formatting the Report Layout

You format the layout for a form letter just like you format the layout for any other report. You insert blank lines of the appropriate types in the report layout; then you fill in the lines with text and fields.

For example, Figure 14–11 shows the report layout that produced the letter in Figure 14–10.

Figure 14–11: Form Letter Layout

Follow these steps to create a report layout:

  1. Create the report layout for all the database fields.
  2. Insert the memo fields in appropriate places in the report. Each memo field appears on the screen as a single line of m’s. The default format of the memo field is left-justified word-wrap with a width of 60 characters.
  3. After you insert a memo field, choose Properties Format. The Format dialog box appears.
  4. Set the field width to fit your report.

The image above shows the report layout to use with the Recall memo file.


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