Report Output Options

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Report Destination Options

 

In many instances you will be asked to make a choice where you would like to direct the output of your reports ( See Example ). Listed below are the available choices and an explanation of how they are used.

 

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Printer

The results of the report will be sent to the printer of your choice.

 

PDF (Portable Document Format)

The results of the report will be created as a PDF document on your hard drive. You will be asked to furnish a drive and folder location as well as a name for the file. The PDF format is the file technology of Adobe and anyone can download a FREE copy of there Acrobat Reader to open and display the contents of the PDF files. This an excellent choice for those that wish to produce a report that can be stored on an external storage device, such as a CD Rom, for storage and viewing at a later date and from virtually any computer in the world that is using Windows as an operating system. The "Adobe Acrobat Reader" can be downloaded from:  http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

 

HTML

The results of the report will be created as an HTML document on your hard drive. You will be asked to furnish a drive and folder location as well as a name for the file. An HTML document can be viewed using your web browser which also makes it an excellent choice for off site storage on an external storage device.

 

 

 

 


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