Nadya:

> Which Proportional font should I use? Currently it's Curier New.

That's exactly the (non-proportional) font I would use. I would also put the report expression at Top = -1 in the detail band (this seems to eliminate the blank lines between records).

You also mentionned you are using Chr(9) in an earlier post. I would be careful using Tabs because they can be interpreted diffently from application to application (especially if the application allows you to customize keys). For example, type Edit MyFile.txt at a DOS prompt, choose the Settings... command from the Options menu to customize the Tab Stops. Flexibilty sometimes come at a price..

One (silly but it has worked for me) way to develop those report is to have one calculated field per band to hold everything. For example, the fioeld can contain the name of a city, its state, its number of habitants, its median income, etc. You will probably have to do the formatting calculations in a function or in your table but it works (painfully).

Daniel