How to Insert Date and Time into the Header and Footer Sections of You

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How to Insert Date and Time into the Header and
Footer Sections of Your MS Access Report ?
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Microsoft Access 2016 lets users design their
reports with ease and most advantageous way
compared to other dedicated reporting
tools. There are various formatting choices that g
iveflexibility and make reports more
efficient. Microsoft Access has a report Wizard
(as a starter point) that walks you through the
process of creating a report. The report look and
feel will greatly depends on the users
requirements. The more complex it gets, the
higher the degree of customisation is
needed.   The greatest strength of any report is
in its structure. If the report is informative,
it will surely stand out. You can improve your
reports by inserting headers and
footers, adding logos, and changing
colour combinations. In this blog, you will learn
how to insert time and date into the header and
footer sections of your MS Access report.  
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Header and Footer Sections   The header
section of a document contains significant informa
tion and is displayed in the top margin. Like the
header, a documents footer also contains
valuable information. The only difference is that
it is positioned at the bottom. The information
they contain can be of any kind such as date,
time, document name, and page number. They
are effective add-ons thatmake your
documents more organised and looking
professional.   It's surely a tedious task to
write the page number for each and every page you
finish, not to mention adding the
dates. Some reports require a heading and a
subheading on every page. By inserting headers
and footers, you can avoid the hassle and make
your document easier to read.    The header and
footer sections can be viewed when you open your
report in Design View. In the image below, you
see two headers and two footers. Remember that
MS Access always inserts page and report header
and footer sections in pairs. This means you
cannot insert a page or report header section
without also including the corresponding footer
section. 
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Inserting Date and Time in the Header and
Footer Sections of the Report To insert date and
time in the header section, follow these
steps 1. Open the report in Design View. 2. In
the Design tab, click Date and Time in
the Header/Footer group to display the Date and
Time dialog box.
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3. The Include Date checkbox should be marked
to include the date. 4. Choose the date
format. 5. Mark the Include Time checkbox to
include the time. 6. Select the time
format. 7. Click OK.   You will then see the date
and time in the header section. By
default, Access sets the date and time to
display in the header. If you want to display the
Date (or Time) in the footer section, simply
click the Date (or Time) box and drag it
down to the footer.  
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