Special printing options for databases

Printing specific records

To control whether you print all visible records or only the current one:
1 Choose Print from the File menu.
2 Select which records to print. (If necessary, choose AppleWorks 6 from the pop-up menu.)
To print all visible records (not hidden records), select Visible Records.
To print only the current record, select Current Record.

To print a subset of the records in your database:
1 Find the records with a find request or using a formula.
2 Print the resulting subset of your database.

Closing up blank space in fields for printing

You can adjust the fields on your layout to eliminate unused space within fields when you print. You don't see the effects on screen, but AppleWorks eliminates the extra space when you print.

To close up spaces in fields for printing:
1 Choose Edit Layouts from the Layout menu or from the layout pop-up menu on the left side of the document window. (The layout pop-up menu does not appear in Layout mode.)
2 Select the layout you want to change.
3 Click Modify.
4 Select "Slide objects left," "Slide objects up," or both.
You don't see the effects of these options, even in Page View.

Related topics

  Previewing a document before printing
Printing a document
Printing mailing labels
Merging data into another document (mail merge)
Setting up a database to print records in columns

 
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