Mac Works 4.0: Can't Move Fields Added to a Blank Report
  
PSS ID Number: Q131974
Article last modified on 10-22-1998
 
4.00 4.00a 4.00b
 
MACINTOSH
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Works for Macintosh, versions 4.0, 4.0a, and 4.0b
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SYMPTOMS
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When you try to add fields to an existing blank Works report that doesn't
contain fields, the newly added fields appear only in the upper-left corner
of the report and cannot be moved.
 
CAUSE
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Works allows fields to be added to blank reports in Layout mode of Report
Options. However, because the blank form lacks a data line, newly added
fields cannot be moved.
 
In fully functional reports, Works creates a Title line, Page Heading line
and a Data line during the formation of a Report. If a report is created
without fields, Works only includes a Title line and a Page Heading line.
 
RESOLUTION
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In Layout mode of the report:
 
1. On the Format menu, click Report Options and then click Display
   Options.
 
2. Make sure the Show Data box is checked.
 
3. Click the Done button.
 
This places a Data line in the Report that will then enable you to move
your fields.
 
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Works version 4.0. We are
researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes
available.
 
KBCategory: kbusage kbprb kbbuglist
KBSubcategory: mwksdb macworkskb
 
Additional reference words: m_works 4.00 4.00a 4.00b admin administration
 
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Keywords          : kbbuglist
Version           : 4.00 4.00a 4.00b
Platform          : MACINTOSH
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