Summary

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BusinessObjects provides formatting options above and beyond what appears in a standard MS Windows product. You can spend a lot of time formatting reports rather than analyzing data. The key is to fiddle with the formatting options just enough to ensure the formatting aids your analysis and provides the kind of print layouts you want. As you become more comfortable with the different formatting options, try to avoid repetitive formatting tasks and standardize on a consistent format via templates and/or standard report styles.

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