>>I am trying to print page numbers in column footer of a 2-column report. I intend that the page number will increment in each column, e.g., column 1 of the first sheet the page # is 1, in column 2 of the first sheet the page # is 2.
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>In the first column print _PAGENO*2-1, and in the second, _PAGENO*2.
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>HTH!

Thanks for the idea, it is the right track. But since I'm dumb here, how do I know when I am in which column.

If I pute _PAGENO*2-1 in the column footer, it appears in both columns. How do I get _PAGENO*2-1 to print in column one but not column two.

Dave