Display and Hide a Report Section

You can select which sections are displayed on a report.

While layouts automatically add certain report sections to the design surface, you may want to customize the sections displayed after the layout is applied. Manually adding report sections to the design surface is simple using the ribbon. You can add different sections to each output level in a report. For example, the primary output level in your report might include a header and chart, and the other output levels in the report might include only the data area section.

  1. If your report includes more than one output level, select the level you want from the Level drop-down menu at the top of the design surface.
  2. Click the Display tab.
  3. Select the check box next to the section you want to display from the tab’s Section group.
    The design surface changes to include the report section you select.
  4. To display the Page Header or Page Footer section when the report is printed, click the Page Setup tab and select the Page Header or Page Footer check box on the tab’s Print group.
  5. To remove a report section from the design surface, clear the section’s check box.
    The design surface changes to remove the report section.