>Memo field stretch, float etc. on reports are disabled when you switch the page print set-up order from up-down to left-right print order. However, if you change the print order back and thus enable these features, stretch, float etc. still do not work when set to do so.

I think it's a bug in the Report Writer. It doesn't change back all settings in the report when you switch Print Order from Left-rigt to top-bottom order. To fix it open your report as a table and reset values in field 'plain' to .f. for band records

Use notestest.frx
replace all for objtype = 9 plain with .f.
Use