Generating printed reports

The report printing feature of the Editor allows you to print lists of the materials, containers, and other items in the database, in a report formatted with headers, footers and column headings (in list reports). There are two report formats available: formatted and list. The header (at the top of the page) consists of the report name, while the footer (at the bottom of the page) contains the date and time of printing and the page count.

A formatted report presents the information down the page, with bold field names as shown in this figure.

A list report presents the data in a columnar, spreadsheet format, with one line per data item. The field names become column headings as shown in this figure.

You can customize the reports by setting margins, changing font styles, and selecting text colors. In addition, you can enter custom text that is also included in the footer. See

Setting report preferences for more information.