use existing report as a template for new Access 2007 reports

[GarryB]

Access Options - Object Designers implies you can name a saved report as a
template for new report creations in Access 2007. Saved a report (no control
source) with logo and page headings and page footers etc. I made the change
in Object Designers but new reports dont seem to use it as a template. Any
suggestions?

 

[Golfinray]

Go to tools/options/form&reports and set the form or report as the template.
Then NEW reports will follow the layout of the template. Old forms or reports
will not.

 

[GarryB]

No such options in Access 2007 as "Tools/Options ...". However I have
discovered something further ... I went back to my template report and did
something differently with it. I amended the (blank) details section to a RED
background and saved it. Now when I create a new report I can see it is using
the template after all. I thought it was not using it but it is! However !!!
- In my template I wanted to have a series of standard controls coming
through into new Access 2007 report creations - such as the company logo in
the page header and certain date / time / page count fields in the page
footer. They are set up in my template but they don't come through into new
report creations. Annoying really, I am going to have to set them up with
each new report - unless anybody can tell me how to resolve this. The
"Template" issue is answered as such - it does work, but with considerable
dissappointment.