Data Grouping Dialog Box

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Lets you create group bands for separating groups of records visually, and displaying introductory and summary data for each group. These properties include printing text in headers and footers to identify specific groups, printing each group on a new page, and resetting page numbers when groups are printed on a new page.

Dialog Box Options

Group Expressions

Displays group break expressions, such as a field name, for the current report and allows you to type new ones. If you want to build an expression, choose the dialog button to display the Expression Builder dialog box.

Group Properties

These options allow you to specify options for page breaks.

Start Group On New Column

Starts a new column every time the group changes.

Start Each Group On a New Page

Starts a new page every time the group changes.

Reset Page Number to 1 for Each Group

Starts a new page and restarts page numbering every time the group changes.

Reprint Group Header On Each Page

Specifies that the group header follow the page header on all pages for the group when the group spans more than one page.

Start Group On New Page When Less Than

Sets the minimum distance from the page bottom that a group header is printed.

Insert

Inserts a blank text box in the Group Expressions box so you can define a new group expression.

Delete

Deletes the selected group expression from the Group Expressions box.

For more information, see "Grouping Data on Your Layout" in Chapter 7, Designing Reports and Labels in the User's Guide.