Thanks for the explanation.. Sounds familiar now..
I tried the suggested workaround but it just reprints the group header over top of each other..Is there any special values needed in the grouping properties?

BR
Tim

>The workaround is to copy the objects from your detail into the group header. In the OnExit band for the group header, put a UDF call to a function that does a SKIP. This Skip prevents the same record from showing up in both columns 1 and 2 of row 1.
>
>>I have seen this problem before but cant remeber how to fix it,
>>I tried to search but cant seem to figure out what to search for..
>>
>>Problem is in page setup I set the report to have 4 columns then when I print
>>two things occur that I dont like.
>>1) the first column is not shown
>>2) on the second column the whole line is blank it looks like this..
>>
>>- 1 2 3
>>--space--
>>1 2 3 4
>>--space--
>>1 2 3 4
>>
>>But I want it to look like
>>1 2 3 4
>>1 2 3 4
>>1 2 3 4
>>
>>Hope that makes sense..
>>
>>Thanks
>>Tim