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    bpowers2010 is offline Novice
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    Sorting and Populating Report Headings

    Hi,

    I am hoping to create a report in Access and having some trouble doing so. Here is what I envision:

    It is a list of contacts. Among other things, they have a field for organization (ie Georgetown). I was hoping to create a report that would sort by the institution, and provide that institution as a header within the report. So, for example with the following database:

    Mr. A – Georgetown
    Mr. B – UNC
    Mr. C – Georgetown
    Ms. D – Harvard
    Ms. E – UNC
    Ms. F – Georgetown

    The Report would then look like this:

    Georgetown

    Mr. A
    Mr. C
    Mr. F

    Harvard

    Ms. D

    UNC

    Ms. B
    Ms. E


    Is this possible? If so, how do I go about laying out the design for the report?

    Thanks,

    Brian

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    pbaldy is offline Who is John Galt?
    Windows XP Access 2007
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    If you were using the report wizard, it will ask if you want to group on a field. You would specify the organization field. If you've already built a report, you can go into Sorting and Grouping and add it. You'd want a group header and perhaps a footer.
    Paul (wino moderator)
    MS Access MVP 2007-2019
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