Problems in creating report

I downloaded OOo 2.0 release candidate today. Base crashed four times 
when I tried to create a report in a simple database created from an 
Excel file. I sent an error report to Sun after the first and fourth 
crash. I was able to create a grouped report one time, but each time the 
grouped field changed the report started a new page. I didn't see 
anything in the wizard to allow me to fill up a page before going on to 
the next grouped field.

In addition it is extremely difficult to edit a report. I could change 
the column width but that's about it. I couldn't find a way to search 
for a manual page break and remove it to get the report the way I wanted 
it. Help file is sparse here.

I was able to create a query but the query results did not carry over 
the formatting from my table. I formatted one column as currency in my 
table but it shows up as just a number in the query results. Is this by 
design?

Base appears to be somewhat more stable than earlier releases but it 
looks like there's quite a bit of work still ahead.

Bill