Okay, so let me ask this then. When I sort the table, (i.e. select a column and put it in order of name, date bought, etc), is that generating a report, or is there more to it?
There are different forms of reports. In access, you have DataSheet views available on the Tables & Queries. You have Forms which allow you to view the data through the windows user interface. And lastly you have reports which are designed to be printed. Normally when Access users think of reports, they think of the kind that come in ready-to-print form.