Ex-Crystal user support

Is there anywhere a Crystal Reports user can get help without getting
overwhelmed by designer lingo?
I don't know SQL, XML, VB or any other set of initials. I just got to know
Crystal 8.5 and Frontpage 2000 well enough to create a company intranet of
over 300 reports and forms.
Some simple info would do the trick, like how to create report page headers
with field information, and how to hide rows in a table...
I remember how MS Word was developed to help WordPerfect users convert.Anthony Mann or Stacia Misner's books would be helpful.
Paul
"rs_newbie" <rsnewbie@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Is there anywhere a Crystal Reports user can get help without getting
> overwhelmed by designer lingo?
> I don't know SQL, XML, VB or any other set of initials. I just got to know
> Crystal 8.5 and Frontpage 2000 well enough to create a company intranet of
> over 300 reports and forms.
> Some simple info would do the trick, like how to create report page
> headers
> with field information, and how to hide rows in a table...
> I remember how MS Word was developed to help WordPerfect users convert.|||Thanks Paul. I'll check those out.
"Paul Turley" wrote:
> Anthony Mann or Stacia Misner's books would be helpful.
> Paul
>
> "rs_newbie" <rsnewbie@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9CF7314C-4B6D-481E-840E-ED8FD16C6C35@.microsoft.com...
> > Is there anywhere a Crystal Reports user can get help without getting
> > overwhelmed by designer lingo?
> >
> > I don't know SQL, XML, VB or any other set of initials. I just got to know
> > Crystal 8.5 and Frontpage 2000 well enough to create a company intranet of
> > over 300 reports and forms.
> >
> > Some simple info would do the trick, like how to create report page
> > headers
> > with field information, and how to hide rows in a table...
> >
> > I remember how MS Word was developed to help WordPerfect users convert.
>
>

Excel rendering - Merged cells issue

Hi,
My rendered Excel reports have lot of merged cells (because of the layout I
made in the designer). Therefore when I open it, the excel takes lot of
minutes to open. So the question is: what can I do in order to avoid having
merged cells in the rendered excel file.
TIA,
Gastón.-
PS: I've opened the excel file, unmerged all cells, save, reopen it, and the
problem disapear.Are you using table or matrix?
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
"Gastón Pírez" <gaspirez@.adinet.com.uy> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> My rendered Excel reports have lot of merged cells (because of the layout
> I made in the designer). Therefore when I open it, the excel takes lot of
> minutes to open. So the question is: what can I do in order to avoid
> having merged cells in the rendered excel file.
> TIA,
> Gastón.-
> PS: I've opened the excel file, unmerged all cells, save, reopen it, and
> the problem disapear.
>
>|||I'm using table.
Thx,
Gastón.-
"Bruce L-C [MVP]" <bruce_lcNOSPAM@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Are you using table or matrix?
>
> --
> Bruce Loehle-Conger
> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
>
> "Gastón Pírez" <gaspirez@.adinet.com.uy> wrote in message
> news:O28R3kekFHA.1948@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>> My rendered Excel reports have lot of merged cells (because of the layout
>> I made in the designer). Therefore when I open it, the excel takes lot of
>> minutes to open. So the question is: what can I do in order to avoid
>> having merged cells in the rendered excel file.
>> TIA,
>> Gastón.-
>> PS: I've opened the excel file, unmerged all cells, save, reopen it, and
>> the problem disapear.
>>
>|||OK, here is what I did. Do not have any textboxes above your table. Instead,
add additional header rows. You can merge cells together, put in text and
center so usually I could still get it where it looked similar. For some
reason even though you are merging cells it does it differently when
exporting to Excel. After doing this you will be able to select the data
region and sort the data.
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
"Gastón Pírez" <paytrue@.newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
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> I'm using table.
> Thx,
> Gastón.-
> "Bruce L-C [MVP]" <bruce_lcNOSPAM@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23DTU3CfkFHA.576@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Are you using table or matrix?
>>
>> --
>> Bruce Loehle-Conger
>> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
>>
>> "Gastón Pírez" <gaspirez@.adinet.com.uy> wrote in message
>> news:O28R3kekFHA.1948@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>> My rendered Excel reports have lot of merged cells (because of the
>> layout I made in the designer). Therefore when I open it, the excel
>> takes lot of minutes to open. So the question is: what can I do in order
>> to avoid having merged cells in the rendered excel file.
>> TIA,
>> Gastón.-
>> PS: I've opened the excel file, unmerged all cells, save, reopen it, and
>> the problem disapear.
>>
>>
>