With this report type you can create Word files resembling Figure 8.41. A Word Template Document contains all the headings and text formatting. When combined with the output of the values from Batch Processing, you can create professional quality reports. All tokens contained in a Word Report, including pictures, will be written to a Microsoft Word file during each iteration using the mail merge features of Word. Once each token has been configured with a Field Name, the token value will be merged with the Word Merge Field. Details on setting up the Word report with mail merge fields are described below.

 

 

Tip: Creating Word Templates

 

In order to create a report using Word, you must use the Word mail merge functions. A brief overview of how to create mail merge templates is given below. For more details, please consult the documentation for your version of Microsoft Word®.  When creating a Word report template, you must enter fields into your Word document where FCS Express will place the exported data from the layout during batch processing. Enter those fields as the Mail Merge field name on the Field page of the options dialog corresponding to the exported item.  Please refer to the help files in your version of Word for detailed instructions on how to create Word documents with mail merge fields.

 

 

 

Word Report Options (Figure 8.42) is comprised of three sections:

 

•Display Text

 

•Running Options

 

•File Options

This section has four sub-sections similar to those described for Excel (Cell Mode) reports:

 

oTemplate Document

Enter the filename (and path) to your preformatted Word document.

 

oIteration options

Output each Batch iteration to a separate file (the default), or combine the output from all Batch iterations to a single file.

 

oThe Append Options and Output file options are identical to those for the Export to Excel (Column Mode).