Reports in column format

[stan]

My report page set-up is for 3 columns with zero spacing between
columns.
There is a box around the set of controls. I have the palette
narrowed to the absolute minimum width so that there is no working
space to the right of my controls. The result is a calendar-like
presentation. The problem arises when I want to center text in the
headers and footers. If I simply place my header text in the header
section, it will appear more or less towards the left side of the
page. In order to get it centered, I have to widen the palette and
then center the text manually. If I do this, then the spacing between
columns in the detail section increases - even though the column
spacing is set to zero. I think that the solution is finding a way to
keep the columns together.

 

[Marshall Barton]

My report page set-up is for 3 columns with zero spacing between
columns.
There is a box around the set of controls. I have the palette
narrowed to the absolute minimum width so that there is no working
space to the right of my controls. The result is a calendar-like
presentation. The problem arises when I want to center text in the
headers and footers. If I simply place my header text in the header
section, it will appear more or less towards the left side of the
page. In order to get it centered, I have to widen the palette and
then center the text manually. If I do this, then the spacing between
columns in the detail section increases - even though the column
spacing is set to zero. I think that the solution is finding a way to
keep the columns together.

To get the report/page header/footer sections to span the
entire width of the reportm you need to make the report
width the paper width less margins. then you can either
manually center a text box in the header/footer sections or
use a text box that is as wide as the report. In either
case, you can then use the text box's alignment property to
center the text in the text box.

The thing you are probably missing in all this is to use the
Page Setup - Columns option to uncheck the Same As Detail
option and manually set the Column Width.

 

[stan]

To get the report/page header/footer sections to span the
entire width of the reportm you need to make the report
width the paper width less margins. then you can either
manually center a text box in the header/footer sections or
use a text box that is as wide as the report.  In either
case, you can then use the text box's alignment property to
center the text in the text box.

The thing you are probably missing in all this is to use the
Page Setup - Columns option to uncheck the Same As Detail
option and manually set the Column Width.

Thanks, that solved the problem. There's is one very minor issue
remaining. The first column is set very slightly below the two
adjacent columns. It would be nice to fix that.

 

[stan]

Thanks, that solved the problem.  There's is one very minor issue
remaining.  The first column is set very slightly below the two
adjacent columns.  It would be nice to fix that.- Hide quoted text -

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I found the fix for this one. I needed to tighten up on the various
footers not in use.