When generated, a report displays in a tabbed Reports Viewer window. You can detach individual reports from the tabbed view and position them around the screen. Additionally, you can dock a report next to other opened reports for a comparison view. Select the tab at the bottom of the report, and while holding down the mouse, move the report. The outline shadow shows the new location of the report. Release the mouse button to place the report in the new location.
When a report is open, you can double-click the column headings to sort the report by ascending or descending value order. Column order can be re-arranged by dragging columns to another location. You can also adjust the column size or hide the column altogether. All changes are for the current report in the current viewing session. To make permanent changes to the report, use the Report Template Editor.
You can print or save individual reports to a text file, to Microsoft Word, or to Microsoft Excel by selecting Send Report To or Send All To from the right-click menu.
While the report is active, you can adjust the display properties available from the View menu, change the background color, and turn on horizontal and vertical grid lines. Grid lines can help in generating better print results.
Click View > Change Page Break to adjust the page configuration for an active report. You can also scale the report to fit on one page or adjust it to fit on a specified number of pages by using the Allow Adjustment of Page Breaks and Show Page Break Lines options.