>Are we missing something here because we can't seem to see .NET report writer in rdl or rdlc support for multi-column report similar to multi-column document in MS-Word. VFP's report writer also supports multi-columns, and wondering why not in .NET?

Are you using Crystal Reports? You can create multi-column reports with no problem there. There are some things that are a bit of an adjustment for VFP users but the columns are pretty straightforward.