Administrator's Plus Report Cards Manual - Rediker Software, Inc.

Chapter 7
Report Cards Report Writer
View/Edit Letters/Reports
View/Edit Letters/Reports
To access the body of a report you wish to edit, click Done in the Report Cards Report
Writer Specifications and choose View/Edit Letters/Reports from the Print Menu. See
“Print Menus” on page 7-27.
This feature, accessible from the Print Menu, allows you to either modify any preexisting
report or create a new one. Reports can include any of the Report Writer codes
available in the Data Base Report Writer as well those specific to the Report Cards Plus
module.
In View/Edit Letters/Reports, you can view the body of any Report Cards Report Writer
report, and make any necessary changes to codes, text, or layout. This manual assumes
basic knowledge of report writing in Administrator’s Plus. For a more detailed
explanation of how to use, create and customize reports, refer to Chapter 5 of the Data
Base Plus manual.
Viewing and Editing Report Cards Reports/Letters Window
When you select View/Edit Letters/Reports, you will be prompted to select the report
you would like to edit from the window pictured below. Note that this is the same
window you see when you click on Specification #2: ACTIVE LETTER/REPORT on
page 1 of specifications, except that you can copy or delete a report using the options in
the lower right of the window. If you want to create a new report from scratch, select a
report designated **UNUSED**.
Using the View/Edit Letters/Reports Toolbar
When you open the body of a report, the toolbar will be replaced by the Report Writer
toolbar. Each toolbar window is described on the following pages.
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