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Clicking the [Create New Report (*.tmp)] button on the Report Writer control screen creates and new blank report sheet with the name you choose. This blank sheet can be turned into a report workbook using normal Excel editing features. The VORSIM pull-down menu contains commands for either linking cells in the sheet to solution or other workbooks or copying data from workbooks to this sheet. While the report must be created with normal Excel techniques, the VORSIM menu commands simplify the report data entry process with automated cut and paste or workbook linkage techniques. Choices are offered regarding formatting as well; you can create cell formats when you design the report or alternatively, you can copy data from solutions etc. along with the format of the data. Finally a most important feature is that you can change the link in active cells. This is especially powerful because if you change the link from on solution workbook to another, all similar links will be changed in the report. This means that a designed report, when set up with these automatic linkages to solutions, can be instantly changed by simply linking to a different set of solutions.