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As you change Number of
Columns from 1 to 2, the Column Layout area near the bottom of the Arrange tab becomes active,
showing you that Access has selected the Across, Then Down option to print items across the page
first, and then down the page. Although this printing direction is appropriate for mailing labels, it??™s
not what we want for our report. Select the Down, Then Across option to direct Access to print the
report as snaking columns (Figure 20-32).
When working with snaking columns, make sure the proper Column Layout option is selected. If
you neglect to set the Column Layout to Down, Then Across, the snaking columns will be laid out
horizontally across the page. This common error can cause a lot of confusion because the report
won??™t look as expected (see Figure 20-33). The reports shown in Figures 20-32 and 20-33 are the
same with the exception of the Column Layout setting.
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FIGURE 20-32
Only a few changes are needed to produce snaking columns.


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